NAACP
Sign in to saveThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, Emil G. Hirsch and Henry Moskowitz. Over the years, leaders of the organization have included Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins. The NAACP is the largest and oldest civil rights group in America.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Organization.image
- NAACP seal.svg
- Organization.size
- 185
- Organization.abbreviation
- NAACP
- Organization.founders
- W. E. B. Du BoisMary White OvingtonMoorfield StoreyIda B. WellsLillian Wald Henry Moskowitz
- Organization.status
- 501(c)(4) Civic Leagues and Social Welfare Organizations
- Organization.tax_id
- 38-4108034
- Organization.purpose
- "To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."
- Organization.headquarters
- Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
- Organization.membership
- 300,000
- Organization.leader_title
- Chairman
- Organization.leader_name
- Leon W. Russell
- Organization.leader_title2
- President and CEO
- Organization.leader_name2
- Derrick Johnson
- Organization.main_organ
- Board of directors
- Organization.publication
- The Crisis
- Organization.budget
- $ (2019)
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30 sectionsContents
- Organization
- Predecessor: The Niagara Movement
- History
- Formation
- Membership and chapters
- Jim Crow and disenfranchisement
- Legal Defense Fund
- Desegregation
- The 1990s
- Lee Alcorn controversy
- George W. Bush
- Tax exempt status
- LGBT rights
- Travel warning regarding Missouri
- Censorship
- Travel warning regarding Florida
- Local branch impact
- Current activities
- Youth
- Youth and College Division
- ACT-SO program
- Environmental justice
- Headquarters
- National convention
- Awards
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, Emil G. Hirsch and Henry Moskowitz. Over the years, leaders of the organization have included Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins. The NAACP is the largest and oldest civil rights group in America.
Its mission in the 21st century is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination". NAACP initiatives include political lobbying, publicity efforts, and litigation strategies developed by its legal team. The group enlarged its mission in the late 20th century by considering issues such as police misconduct, the status of black foreign refugees and questions of economic development. Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term colored people, referring to those with some African ancestry. The NAACP started publishing a quarterly magazine The Crisis and it had as its editor Du Bois for 24 years.
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