For the past two years there has been a growing awareness of our responsibility as Church women in the field of racial integration. It became apparent to our Bishops and other diocesan leaders that the next step in the Woman’s Auxiliary should be the integration of the Negro branches into the other eight Districts in which they are geographically located. I do not wish to anticipate reports by other officers or chairmen so I will only state that this has been effected this spring, and we no longer have a segregated District in the Woman’s Auxiliary of this Diocese. The presidents of our Negro branches are now members of the Executive Boards of the Districts in which they are geographically located and it is to be hoped that they will realize their responsibility as well as their privilege in helping to plan District meetings and to encourage their members to participate in the work of the Auxiliary at the District level.

(Source: Elizabeth M. Evans (Mrs. Leslie B.), President’s Address, 1955 Woman’s Auxiliary Annual Report, 13)