Constitution for College Chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People [wrapper title]

New York, 1948. About very good.. 19pp. Original printed self wrappers, stapled. Minor edge wear, light soiling, small chip to outer edge of first leaf, short closed tear to outer margin throughout. The very rare 1948 constitution written specifically for college or university chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The constitution's stated objects are delineated in Section 2, the first of which seeks "to inform students of the problems affecting the Negro and other minority groups, to advance the economic, educational, social, and political status of colored people and other minority groups and their harmonious cooperation with other peoples." The college groups are also intended "to stimulate an appreciation of the Negro's contribution to civilization." The constitution is organized into fifteen articles covering the typical areas, but also with campus-specific needs: name, objects, officers, faculty adviser, committees, membership qualifications and dues, meeting rules, order of business, and so forth. The main qualification for membership is defined as "any student regularly enrolled in College or University."

We locate no copies of this 1948 constitution in OCLC, though some examples may certainly reside in larger archival collections. A 1978 edition appears in an archival collection at Yale.