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1856 - 20022004 - 20222023 -

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2004

2006

  2004-The West Chester Community was renamed to the Charles A. Melton Arts and Education Center in a formal ceremony to honor and pay tribute to the invaluable contributions that Mr. Melton made to the community of West Chester.    

2006

2006

  September 2006 - Bayard Rustin High School opens, but not without a struggle. Bayard Rustin High School is named after Bayard Rustin, a 1932 graduate of West Chester High School, later named B. Reed Henderson.  

2008

Then, Senator Barack Obama became the first presidential candidate to join MSNBC’s Chris Matthews on the 2008 Hardball College Tour yesterday at West Chester University. The candidate spent the hour with Matthews as well as hundreds of students.    (4-2-2008) 

2009

Mr. James Jennings

 RECOGNITION  OF 

NAACP LIFE MEMBERS


Holiday Inn, West Chester Pa

President: Ms. Alice Hammond 

(May 10, 2009)

Ms. Alice Hammond

Mr. James Jennings

Mr. James Jennings

Ms. Hammond has served the community and the West Chester faithfully as President   for the branch. 


Mr. James Jennings

Mr. James Jennings

Mr. James Jennings

Mr. James Jennings served the community faithfully as President, from 2014-2016. He currently serves as 1st Vice President. 

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft served the community faithfully as President, from 2017-2019.

2019

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft

Fredda Maddox, a former Pennsylvania state trooper is elected as the first Democratic county sheriff in modern county history in 2019, and its first Black officeholder.

 (November 2019)

Pastor, Dr. Kyle Boyle

Pastor, Dr. Wayne E. Croft

Pastor, Dr. Kyle Boyle

Pastor, Dr. Kyle Boyle served the community faithfully as President, from 2019-2022.

June 2020,

Tuesday, June 2nd about 800 demonstrators met peacefully at the Historic Courthouse steps and then marched to the Borough Hall/Police Station. The demonstrators chanted “I can’t breathe,” which were some of the final words spoken by George Floyd, whose life was snuffed out by a Minneapolis police officer.

On Thursday, June 4, 2020 approximately 5,000 gather peaceful demonstration in support of equality and the Black Lives Matter movement for criminal justice reform.  The crowd noise was deafening and startling. 

Marchers gathered at the Historic Courthouse to hear several speakers. The event was held in partnership with the West Chester Police Department, the Mayor’s Office, Fredda Maddox and the Chester County Sheriff’s Office, the West Chester NAACP and Lillian DeBaptiste. Click image for add'l information.

3E Series Educate-empower-engage

Legal Aid of Southeastern PA 6-14-21

Chester County Branch of the Senior Law Center- 8-9-2021

West Chester Area School District 7-12-21

West Chester Area School District 7-12-21

Chester County Branch of the Senior Law Center- 8-9-2021

West Chester Area School District 7-12-21

 

Chester County Branch of the Senior Law Center- 8-9-2021

Chester County Branch of the Senior Law Center- 8-9-2021

Chester County Branch of the Senior Law Center- 8-9-2021


November 5, 2021

 President's Hammond responds to ads and actions of the Republican party, prior to the November 2021  

 January 2022

Mayor-elect Lillian DeBaptiste is sworn in as the first African American Woman Mayor of West Chester Pa.

Mid Penn Bank - Presents a gift to the branch as part of their Initiatives

  Mr. Weaver serves as the Vice President for the DEI group at Mid Penn Bank. In that role  Mr. Weaver presented a gift to the branch in recognition of Black History Month. The funds were distributed to programs & organizations whose efforts go toward strengthening and

empowering the Black community. 

    Learn more about their  

  1. DEI Partnership with WITF 
  2. The Money Matters Series

FOREVER YOUR LIGHTS WILL SHINE

WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO THOSE UPON WHO'S SHOULDERS WE STAND AND WHO PAVED THE PATHS BEFORE US. 

THURGOOD MARSHALL, BAYARD RUSTIN, MRS. ALICE THOMAS 

~THANK YOU~

 

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African American spirituals, gospel, and folk music played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.  

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