The Jackson Madison County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) received its charter approval by the NAACP National Board of Directors on June 14, 1948. After recent research, it has been discovered that the branch may have received a previous charter approval as early as 1922. Based upon this discovery, the Branch is in its Centennial year for 2022!

20 Charter Members for 1948: Dr. William Bell, Nathaniel Benson, Aussie Brooks, Ozel Byrd, Dr. G.H. Carter, Mattie Donnell, Joe Merry, Mattie Merry, M.D. Merriweather, Rev. U.Z. McKinnon, Vera Key, Myrtle Monroe, T. C. Ozier, James Paster, Marie Penn, Crawford Robinson, Isaiah Savage, Earl Shaw. Jr., Willie Mae Tiger and Georgia Wisdom.

Branch President from 1948-2022:  Mr. Crawford Robinson, Dr. William Bell, Mr. M.D. Merriweather, Mr. Walter Newbern, Rev. Henry Delaney, Mr. Joe Merry, Rev. W.K. Seals, Rev. U.Z. McKinnon, Rev. Clifford Martin, Dr. Robert G. Owens, Attorney Richard Donnell, Rev. William D. Smart, Attorney Linda S. Taylor, Dr. Ernest Brooks, Rev. Willie Ozier, Jr. and Mr. Harrell Carter, Jr.