12019-03-12T23:56:48+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282414plainpublished2019-10-14T19:39:13+00:00Production Editor7a3dce28be212b1ba5b4a7a50f3d6a8d76b58c74On June 7, 1941, the New York Amsterdam News reported that the Brooklyn branch of the NAACP was launching a membership campaign under the direction of Ella Baker, field worker for the NAACP National Office. While Baker is best known for her organizing efforts in the South, she also lived and organized in New York City. “The committee’s plans call for a door to door canvas of every Negro section in Brooklyn,” the Amsterdam News reported. “Fred H. M. Turner, president of the Brooklyn Branch, issued a plea to all civic-minded residents of Brooklyn to aid in the fight for a square deal for Negro craftsmen and laborers in the National Defense industries.”
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