Royal Freeman Nash | |
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Executive Secretary of the NAACP | |
In office 1916–1917 | |
Preceded by | Mary White Ovington |
Succeeded by | James Weldon Johnson |
Personal details | |
Born | Centralia, Wisconsin, U.S. (now Wisconsin Rapids) | February 22, 1885
Died | April 28, 1982 Alameda, California, U.S. | (aged 97)
Royal Freeman Nash (February 22, 1885 – April 28, 1982) was an American civil rights activist. He was the secretary-treasurer of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) from February 15, 1916, to September 1, 1917.[1][2]