COLUMBUS, Ind. — When the Columbus Bartholomew County Area Branch of the NAACP launched a half century ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had been gone only eight months, the first black Supreme Court Justice had served only a year and the ink scarcely had dried on the national Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Through the years since then, the chapter — focused mainly on the elimination of racial discrimination — has helped organize celebrations of King’s legacy on the national holiday that unfolds Monday.
The organization’s highlights include calling attention to workplace racial intimidation and hatred in 2007 when a noose was found near the work area of two black workers at a local factory, among other actions.
Please read Wednesday’s edition of The Republic for more details.
