George T Raymond was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who served as president of the Chester, Pennsylvania, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1942 to 1977.
11 Facts About George Raymond
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George Raymond was integral in the desegregation of businesses, public housing and schools in Chester and co-led the Chester school protests in 1964 which made Chester a key battleground in the civil rights movement.
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George Raymond studied business administration at Drexel Institute of Technology for one year but economic hardship forced him to leave school and find work.
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George Raymond worked at multiple odd jobs and finally landed at the Chester Boys Club, joined the NAACP and began his career in the civil rights movement.
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George Raymond became the leader of the Chester branch of the NAACP in 1942 and began to implement programs to end racial discrimination.
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George Raymond partnered with J Pius Barbour, the pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Chester and together they adopted a gradualist approach to civil rights.
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In 1958, George Raymond purchased a house in the borough of Rutledge, Pennsylvania, in majority white Delaware County.
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The house was rebuilt and George Raymond took residence in the house in 1959.
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George Raymond presented the school board with a list of 10 demands including teacher transfers, transportation of students to schools in other neighborhoods, hiring blacks for supervisory positions and hiring more black secretaries.
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George Raymond died of heart failure on May 9,1999, and was interred at Haven Memorial Cemetery.
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George Raymond was presented the Freedom Award by Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.