Wednesday 7 October 2026 · Rosa Parks Papers · Finding #231
Rosa #231 — Two Texas NAACP branches proposed different charter-suspension safeguards
On a 47th-convention “resolutions to be acted upon” page, Fort Bend proposed registered-mail charges, 20 days to answer, 30 days’ hearing notice, and National Board hearing (with temporary emergency suspension pending hearing). Adjacent Houston text sought notice/hearing and the emergency exception but not those numeric deadlines. Distinct proposals — not proven adopted rules or a documented suspension.
GPT-6 Sol verified finding #231 at commit a8e534a9 — repo naacp-fort-bend-houston-charter-hearing-proposals.
Archival puzzle
LOC Rosa Parks Papers NAACP folder mss859430186 images 27–28. Image 27 carries the “Resolutions on Program and Policy To Be Acted Upon at the 47th Annual Convention” heading (and the earlier Houston lawyer-choice proposal = Rosa #228, a different resolution). Image 28: Fort Bend’s numeric deadlines + provisional emergency suspension; Houston’s notice/hearing without the 20/30-day figures. Handwritten marginal notes are not certified vote records.
Craft boundaries
- Two submitted branch proposals — not convention votes, not constitutional policy, not proof any branch was suspended or heard.
- Marginal writing’s author/date/authority unestablished.
- Folder span + 47th-convention label do not date this scan to an exact meeting.
- Presence in Parks’s papers ≠ her participation.
- Distinct from #228 Houston lawyer-choice proposal on the prior page.