Port Chester-Rye NAACP Chapter "Effie Gordon High Tea"

On Sunday May 16th, the Port Chester-Rye chapter of the NAACP hosted the first annual Effie Gordon High Tea at the Carver Center. Those in attendance enjoyed poetry readings, music, and food as they honored the late Effie Gordon, a prominent Rye resident, who helped founded the Carver Center. Effie rose from being president of the Port Chester-Rye NAACP branch to become the State of New York NAACP President. Local Civil Rights leaders Doris Bailey-Reavis and Orial Redd expressed their gratitude and admiration for Mrs. Gordon's pioneering efforts.