Newly organized Youth Council of Savannah, Ga. – Antique Print
![Newly organized Youth Council of Savannah, Ga., [between 1940 and 1950] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b2/b241eee836e7-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: Newly organized Youth Council of Savannah, Ga., preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Newly organized Youth Council of Savannah, Ga.
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The title names this as a newly organized Youth Council in Savannah, Georgia, a local youth wing of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. NAACP youth councils spread through the 1930s and 1940s, giving Black teenagers and young adults a place to organize, study civil rights issues, and take part in local campaigns, often in cities where segregation shaped schools, jobs, and public life. The photograph was taken by Sam Williams and survives in the NAACP records at the Library of Congress, offering a dated look at a group forming its identity during those years.
| Created / published | [between 1940 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1940-1950.Portrait photographs 1940-1950.Photographic prints 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Photo by Sam Williams. Forms part of: Visual Materials from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Records. Collection finding aid available. |
| Subjects | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People--Branches, chapters, etc.--Georgia--Savannah--1940-1950. African Americans--Organizations--Georgia--Savannah--1940-1950. Youth organizations--Georgia--Savannah--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 594 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-117348 |
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