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Twelve Presidents of Branches of the N.A.A.C.P.
Branch presidents of the the NAACP in 1922.
Max Martin Yearbook Photo from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Isadore Martin during or after his enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania
South Philly Leads NAACP Local Drive
An article discussing an aggressive membership drive to raise revenues for Philadelphia's branch of the N.A.A.C.P.
Hotel Dale Company Advertisement
The advertisement promotes the Hotel Dale, owned and operated by Mr. E. W. Dale, of Cape May, and promoted by a number of prominent African American men from the Philadelphia area. The Hotel Dale was not segregated, and was described by Maximilian…
N.A.A.C.P. Drive Expected To Go Over The Top
This article explains that, after a great start, the N.A.A.C.P. membership campaign was expected to be a great success. The campaign ran from April 27th to May 12th, with an objective of gathering 2,500 members. The purpose of gathering these new…
Isadore M. Martin
This photograph, which ran in the Philadelphia Tribune, of West Philadelphia N.A.A.C.P. shows President Preston Savage's acceptance of a $500 Life Membership check from Isadore Martin. Martin was formally the Philadelphia N.A.A.C.P. President, and…
Segregation at Hog Island Dead
This Philadelphia Tribune article, written by C. E. Wells, documents the end to segregation at the Hog Island Ship-Yard. The article discusses the long time struggle of the Philadelphia N.A.A.C.P. to end segregation at the government run shipbuilding…
"Martin, Ex-NAACP Head, Dies," Philadelphia Tribune, November 23, 1954.
The obituary from the Philadelphia Tribune documents the major accomplishments of Mr. Isadore Martin. Mr. Martin founded Isadore Martin Inc., Realtor, which was a predominately African American realtor, and was carried on by his son, I. Maximilian…