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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) [a] 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, and Henry Moskowitz.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) developed the flag as a means to protest against the lynching of black people in the United States. A campaign against the practice was launched after the 1916 lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas. The NAACP published graphic photographs of the lynching and raised ...
The rift with the NAACP grew larger in 1934 when Du Bois reversed his stance on segregation, stating that "separate but equal" was an acceptable goal for African Americans. [229] The NAACP leadership was stunned, and asked Du Bois to retract his statement, but he refused, and the dispute led to Du Bois's resignation from the NAACP. [230]
“The NAACP stands firm in our belief that this legislation is inherently undemocratic,” NAACP spokesperson Alicia Mercedes said in a statement Monday. “We will continue to do everything in ...
On the heels of funding approval for Corpus Christi's desalination plant, the local chapter of the NAACP calls for a halt to the project.
The NAACP says the voter ID requirement, along with two other voting-related provisions, violate the U.S. Constitution and the Voting […] The post 5 years after a federal lawsuit by NAACP, North ...
ACT-SO is sponsored by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. ACT-SO receives support from schools, community organizations, churches, foundations, local businesses, major corporations and individuals.
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis is facing criticism for struggling to say what NAACP stands for in a recent interview.