Black History in Action
History of the Washington Branch NAACP
In 1917, the Washington, PA Branch NAACP was chartered, making it one of the oldest of the 1500 Branches in the country at that time. Two world wars, a severe depression and general apathy caused the rise and fall of the activity of the Branch. In 1958, the Branch was reactivated and reorganized by Louis Waller.
The Branch presidents from its reorganization to present are as follows:
Leonard Anderson
Louis E. Waller
Harold D. Burch
James R. McDonald
John T. Asbury
Edward L. Higgins
Stephen A. Bryant
Reverend Davis
Joan C. Griffin
Francis Vactor
John Asbury
Carolyn Dunklin
Robert Griffin
Carolyn Dunklin
Dean Ellis
Reverend Billingsley
Robert Griffin
Phyllis Waller
Andrew Goudy
David Gatling
1958
1959 – 1964
1965
1966 – 1970
1971 – 1972
1973 – 1974
1975 – 1976
1983 – 1984
1985 – 1990
1991 – 1994
1995
1997 – 2000
2001 – 2002
2007 – 2010
2011 – 2012
2013 – 2014
2015 – 2018
2019 – 2022
2023 – present