Juanita Craft

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Juanita Craft (b. Juanita Jewel Shanks February 9, 1902-August 6, 1985) was an American civil rights pioneer and member of the Dallas City Council in Texas. Born in Round Rock, Texas, Craft came to Dallas from the Austin area in 1925, being employed as a maid at the Adolphus Hotel and later as a seamstress. She joined the NAACP in 1935, eventually becoming the Dallas NAACP membership chairman in 1942 and the Texas NAACP field organizer in 1946. She helped to organize 182 branches of the NAACP over eleven years.