NAACPFairfax

Fairfax County NAACP is the first rural branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in the United States. In 1915, a few brave African American citizens—led by E.B. Henderson and Joseph Tinner—fought an ordinance that was proposed that would have segregated housing. They called themselves the Colored Citizens Protective League (CCPL) the group evolved to become the first rural branch of the NAACP in the nation.