NAACP Pittsburgh Chapter
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Pittsburgh Branch
The Pittsburgh Chapter of the NAACP was started in 1915, six years after the inception of the national NAACP. It was started in the home of Attorney William H. Randolph.
Since 1915 the Pittsburgh Chapter of the NAACP has had 14 Presidents:
1. William S. Randolph
2. Honorable Homer S. Brown
3. Joseph W. Givens, Esq.
4. Mrs. Jeanne Scott Rhodes
5. Richard Jones, Esq.
6. Bishop Charles Foggie
7. Byrd R. Brown, Esq.
8. Reverend H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.
9. Churchill Kohlman
10. Leon W. Howard, Jr.
11. Harvey Adams, Jr.
12. Reverend Thomas E. Smith
13. Tim Stevens
14. M. Gayle Moss
Our longest serving president was Homer S. Brown, who in 1924 began a twenty-four year presidency of the Pittsburgh NAACP.
1. William S. Randolph
2. Honorable Homer S. Brown
3. Joseph W. Givens, Esq.
4. Mrs. Jeanne Scott Rhodes
5. Richard Jones, Esq.
6. Bishop Charles Foggie
7. Byrd R. Brown, Esq.
8. Reverend H. Beecher Hicks, Jr.
9. Churchill Kohlman
10. Leon W. Howard, Jr.
11. Harvey Adams, Jr.
12. Reverend Thomas E. Smith
13. Tim Stevens
14. M. Gayle Moss
Our longest serving president was Homer S. Brown, who in 1924 began a twenty-four year presidency of the Pittsburgh NAACP.
