Mary Townsend Seymour (1873-1957) was a "pioneering advocate for equal rights for African-American and co-founder of the Hartford, CT chapter NAACP. Attending the first meeting on October 9, 1917 was W.E.B. DuBois and James Weldon Johnson.

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Mary Townsend Seymour (1873-1957) was a "pioneering advocate for equal rights for African-American and co-founder of the Hartford, CT chapter NAACP. Attending the first meeting on October 9, 1917 was W.E.B. DuBois and James Weldon Johnson.