Banquet Hall ID: 260 | This file appears in: Charleston Branch of the NAACP, 81-A Columbus Street The Charleston branch of the NAACP was deeply involved in legal challenges to Jim Crow segregation which prevailed throughout the South, but it also functioned as a community center that served to knit together African Americans across the city -- which was crucial for fostering the community activism that was undoubtedly the driving force of the civil rights movement. Courtesy of the The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture. Download Original File "Banquet Hall" appears in: Charleston Branch of the NAACP, 81-A Columbus Street