Name/Title
NAACP membership card of Emma Clinton, 1975Entry/Object ID
2024.38.3Description
Acc. No. 24.38.3
Subject Category: Citizens of Alameda; Businesses of Alameda; Ethnic Groups
Date or Period: 1974-1975
Object: membership card
Description: A card on off-white card stock, with printed information in black type, on one side, ‘NAACP 1974’ and a printed seal between, and ‘MEMBER’, with a typed name and address, and stamped at the bottom in blue ‘May-1975’. Verso states ‘The N.A.A.C.P / Its Purposes’.
Size: L 3 1/2” x W 2 1/2”
History of Object: NAACP membership of Emma E. Clinton, of 2329 Pacific Ave (no longer a house). Emma came to Alameda from Mississippi and was a member of the Kimbrough family, an early Alameda African American family. Emma married Bob (Lee) Clinton after he divorced Deborah Hackett, member of the Hackett family who were involved in the founding of Allenstown, first town in California founded by freed slaves. After Bob's death, Emma continued running the Drayage and Storage business in Alameda with her 4 sons. She died in 1977.
Donated by: Barrett Clinton; Donation Date: 4/21/2024
Catalog Date: 4/25/2024
