N.A.A.C.P.'s First Rural Branch
N.A.A.C.P.'s
First Rural Branch
In 1915, Falls Church ordered
residential segregation. Many
African-American homeowners
would be forced to move. The
Colored Citizens Protective
league entered a lawsuit to
prevent enforcement of the
ordinance and joined the N.A.A.C.P.
to become its first rural branch
in the country. As a result, the
segregation ordinance was never
enforced and was rescinded in 1917.
The Falls Church Branch helped
expand the N.A.A.C.P. into rural
Virginia, setting a precedent for
the South. Crosses were burned
and citizens intimidated, but
throughout the rest of the century
the people of Tinner Hill preserved
and successfully fought many battles
against segregation.
Submitted by @stuherrm