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Photograph of W. W. Law standing at the bottom of a staircase leading to a porch. He wears a suit and tie.Law served as president of the Savannah, Georgia NAACP from 1950 to 1976. During his tenure he led protests and boycotts against segregated businesses in the city and was fired from his job with the U.S. Postal Service for his civil rights activities. His job was restored to him as a result of U.S. president John F. Kennedy's intervention.
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Keywords

  1. African American Civil Rights Workers
  2. African American Men
  3. African Americans
  4. Buildings
  5. Buildings, Structures, Etc
  6. Civil Rights
  7. Civil Rights Workers
  8. Dwellings
  9. Employees
  10. Georgia
  11. Law, W. W. (Westley Wallace), 1923 2002
  12. Men
  13. National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
  14. Porches
  15. Postal Service
  16. Savannah
  17. Savannah (Ga.)
  18. Staircases
  19. Wooden Fences

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