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Presidents - NAACP
1 Presidents Biographical Sketches of the Presidents of the San Diego NAACP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William T. Hendrey Born in Tennessee, William T. Hendrey (1873-1962), an African American who worked for several years (roughly 1917 to 1924) in San Diego as a barber and deliveryman, was the first president of the San Diego branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ), serving from January until November 1919, and subsequently serving as vice president and as a board member under Judge Alfred Haines. He lived at 1680 Logan Avenue with his wife, Alexenia Cora Hendrey, who was chair of the branch s education committee. They had two children, Adrain and Clarence. After the death of Alexenia in 1924, Mr.
employed in the city as a parachute packer at the famed black-owned Pacific Parachute Company, a venture financed by black Hollywood comedian popularly known as “Rochester.” Craft died at age 58 and was buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Edward William Anderson If historians took a vote to as to who was the most important and accomplished African
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