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Description
This oral history recounts the life of an African American women born in Texas in 1897, moved to Sacramento, California, in 1917 where she would later go on to help found the Negro Women's Civic Improvement Society, serve as the NAACP chapter's first secretary, and was an active member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Oak Park.
African Americans Sparks, Netta White NAACP (Organization)
Time Period
1897/1980
Place
Sacramento (Calif.) Sacramento County (Calif.)
Provenance
Center for Sacramento History California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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