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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP was founded February 12, 1909. It's the oldest, largest, and most recognized Civil Rights group. It was created in response to continuing lynching practices and a race riot in Springfield, Illinois in 1908. Mary White Ovington founded the NAACP.
Mary White Ovington: www.naacp.org
Roslyn M. Brock, Benjamin T. Jealous, Julian Bond: www.naacp.org
NAACP logo: www.naacp.org
Leadership: Now & Then
Apply for membership. THE NAACP MISSION: Ensure the politicall, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
The fight for freedom is not free! Membership in the NAACP is your opportunity to give back to the organization that has done more to change this country for the betterment of people of color, women, and the disenfranchised than any other in the nation's history.
members: www.naacp.org
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Find NAACP in your area
NAACP Special Edition: The biannual Special Edition is to exchange information concerning pertinent issues impacting the African American community. As the Association attempts to bring a more focused discussion to the public policy debate, we will use this Special Edition to highlight the thought leadership associated with the country’s community of policy experts and leaders. In our quest for social justice, the input and perspective of such leaders will be invaluable as we attempt to amplify the scope and reach of our work to the global society. --- www.naacp.org
NAACP reaches out to African American youth. They have programs such as, ACT-SO for high-school youth around the United States. The program is designed to recognize and award African American youth who demonstrate accomplishment in academics, technology, and the arts. They also have NAACP Youth & College Division. It's to inform youth of the problems affecting African Americans and other racial and ethnic minorities.
The NAACP concentrated on using the courts to overturn the Jim Crow statutes that legalized racial segregation Also in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s the NAACP worked on a campaign to reverse ''separate but equal''
