W. W. Law, Leader of NAACP

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W. W. Law, standing in front of the King-Tisdell Cottage in Savannah, became the leader of the state NAACP in 1955. Law was reelected eight times.

Courtesy of Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

W. W. Law, Leader of NAACP

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