United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Elmore, Charles J.2004-01-23Encyclopedia article about W. W. Law, crusader for justice and the civil rights of African Americans. He served as president of the Savannah National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter from 1950 to 1976 and came to be widely known as "Mr. Civil Rights." He was involved in the NAACP Youth Council while in high school and attended Georgia State College before and after being drafted into the army to serve in World War II. Law spent many years as scoutmaster of Troop 49, First Bryan Baptist Church, where he also taught Sunday school. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier for more than forty years before retiring in the 1990.The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.African American political activists--Georgia--SavannahPostal service--EmployeesLetter carriers--Georgia--SavannahSegregation--Georgia--SavannahRace discrimination--Georgia--SavannahSavannah (Ga.)--Race relationsAfrican Americans--Civil rights--Georgia--SavannahCivil rights movements--Georgia--SavannahGeorgia--HistoryCivil rights--Georgia--SavannahCivil rights workers--GeorgiaW. W. Law (1923-2002)Text