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Some of the persons who became life members of NAACP at 46th annual convention of Association pose with Kivie Kaplan of Boston (third from left), co-chairman of life membership committee Left to right: Dr. J.H. McCoy, Jackson, Miss., president of Mississippi State NAACP; the Rev. W.B. Cowherd, president of Bayonne, N.J., NAACP branch; Mr. Kaplan; Dr. H. Boyd Hall, Corpus Christi, Tex., member of NAACP board of directors; Samuel G. Simons, Springfield, Mass., chairman of local Fight for Freedom campaign of NAACP; Dr. Willard Brown, Elizabeth, N.J.; Dr. Eugene M. Reid, Amityville, N.Y.; and Dr. Von D. Mizell, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Convention was held in Atlantic City, N.J., June 21-26 /

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  3. Civil Rights
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  5. Meetings
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