About

The Corona Branch of the NAACP was established in our community in 1940.    Attorney Anton Slaughter, Sr., was elected President of the group. The organization met at the office of Dr. Reginald Chantrelle, 101-16 Northern Blvd. until 1943. For three years, for lack of a central meeting place, disillusionment and almost complete abandonment followed.  With the election of Mr. Horton Smith to the presidency, a charter was given.  In 1944, James Gadson became president.