who we are
where we come from
where we come from
Lebanon County Branch 26AA of the NAACP began to form in summer and fall 2020 and was officially chartered by the national organization on what we consider our birthday: February 20, 2021. At present we are some 150 members strong and still growing. Our 13-member Executive Committee is listed on the About Us page.
where we come from
where we come from
where we come from
Proud to be members of our nation's oldest and most prestigious civil rights organization, we are one of more than 2,200 units with more than 2 million members across the nation. We formed because of a pressing need in Lebanon County for greater transparency & accountability among our public officials and public institutions with respect to civil and human rights.
NAACP READING GROUP
next up: Ralph Ellison's "INvisible Man" (7:00 pm, Mon. June 6, 2022 On zoom)
For our June 6 meeting, we'll be continuing our discussion, begun in May, of Ralph Ellison's classic novel, Invisible Man, first published in 1952.
This brilliantly creative novel addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans in the early and mid-20th century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity. Invisible Man won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953, making Ellison the first African American writer to win the award. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man 19th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005 list, calling it "the quintessential American picaresque of the 20th century."
A free PDF file of the novel can be found at https://modernforms.org/wp-content/uploads/Ralph-Ellison-Invisible-Man-Text.pdf
To request the Zoom link for our meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6, please email us at naacp.leb.co.pa@gmail.com
