page_title: Musette Brooks Gregory
section_title: Civil rights work
hierarchical_section_title: Musette Brooks Gregory / Civil rights work
context_page_description: Musette Brooks Gregory was an African American suffragist and civil rights activist.
context_section_description: Civil rights work was important to Gregory. She became the secretary and chairman of the executive board for the New Jersey Foundation of Colored Women’s Clubs, the oldest African-American secular organization in existence today. This organization is committed to addressing the needs of black women. One of Gregory's main projects was her work with the Colored Mission of the Diocesan Auxiliary of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, where she became the superintendent. Under this mission, she worked at the Home for the Working Girls at 132 West 131st Street, New York City, where she helped protect young working class African-American girls. The mission helped keep them out of prostitution by preparing them for work with cooking, sewing, and housekeeping. They also provided the girls counseling. Gregory was highly involved with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, becoming the Vice President of the Newark Branch.
caption: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
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