34th president of the Dayton Branch NAACP Dr. Derrick Lee Forward in conversation with Charles Fox
Dr. Derrick Lee Foward, 34th president of the Dayton Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a native of Dayton, Ohio and a successful businessman in the community for more than 30 years. He is the longest serving President in the 110-year history of the Dayton Branch NAACP.
Hailing from Jamestown, Ohio, Wade got his start in broadcasting while serving with the United States Navy at the Armed Forces Network station Eagle 810 in Yokota, Japan. Broadcasting on AM radio across the Kanto Plain, listenership was shared by both American Forces and a Japanese shadow audience tuning in for American Top 40 and an insight to military operations at home and abroad.
