Left to right, Wenham residents Judy Kauffman, Craig Kauffman, Dr. Kenann F. McKenzie, Natalie Bowers, Manny DeCruz, Roberta DeCruz, Arnie Cowan, Abby Pardee-Albrecht are founding members of the North Shore NAACP Chapter. They are photographed with Juan Cofield, president of the NAACP New England Chapter. Photographs by Joe Ferraro.

NAACP Fights for Racial Justice on the North Shore

A group of local citizens band together to form the North Shore branch of the NAACP, working toward true social equity.

Kurt HanssNovember 3, 2020

A Black woman in Beverly is wary of walking the streets alone, so she enlists a white friend to accompany her. In Newburyport, a Black teen offers a man a doughnut and is met with a tirade of racial slurs. A couple visiting a Marblehead beach discover a racist note taped to their car when they return. On the North Shore of Massachusetts, where the majority of the population is white and the culture is generally considered progressive, it can be easy to just not see the racial tensions that exist. But they are very much there, says Wenham resident Natalie Bowers. “The majority of conversations I have had with people of color on the N

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NAACP Fights for Racial Justice on the North Shore

A group of local citizens band together to form the North Shore branch of the NAACP, working toward true social equity.

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