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Willard W. Allen

1888–1961

United States

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Willard W. Allen (May 3, 1888 – 1961) was a Director of the NAACP. He was born in Buckingham County, Virginia to George and Elizabeth Allen. Allen arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1904 where he worked as a porter in the private railroad car for George L. Potter, Vice-President of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad; he eventually worked in Potter's residence in Towson, Maryland. He also earned money delivering newspapers for the Herald.

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