W. W. Law
Historian, Deceased Person
1923 – 2002
Who was W. W. Law?
Westley Wallace Law was a civil rights leader from Savannah, Georgia. He was president of the Savannah chapter of the NAACP, where he led his community and made great strides in desegregation through nonviolent resistance from 1950 to 1976. After his time with the NAACP W. W. Law spent much of the rest of his life advocating for African-American history and culture in Savannah. To this end he established the Savannah-Yamacraw Branch of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, the King-Tisdell Cottage Museum, the Beach Institute of African American Culture, and the Negro Heritage Trail Tour.
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- Born
- Jan 1, 1923
Savannah - Ethnicity
- African American
- Profession
- Education
- Savannah State University
- Lived in
- Savannah
- Died
- Jul 29, 2002
Savannah
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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