ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — After a six-year hiatus, the Asheville branch of the NAACP (#5363) is returning.
“We are very excited to see it coming back. We feel like it can make a big change in our communities,” said Yvette Jives, who was at the branch’s monthly meeting on Monday.
The NAACP is a national civil rights organization founded to eliminate racial discrimination and ensure equality for minority citizens. The Asheville branch of this organization stopped meeting for six years before reorganizing last month…