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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.
Du Bois was a member of the three-person delegation from the NAACP that attended the 1945 conference in San Francisco at which the United Nations was established. [273] The NAACP delegation wanted the United Nations to endorse racial equality and to bring an end to the colonial era.
The NAACP and Walter White wanted to increase their following in the black community. Weeks after White started in his new position at the NAACP, nine black teenagers looking for work were arrested after a fight with a group of white teens as the train both groups were riding on passed through Scottsboro, Alabama. [30]
Pages in category "NAACP activists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 267 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The Rev. Charles G. Adams, retired pastor of Detroit’s influential Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, died on Nov. 29 after a long illness.He was known as the Harvard Hooper, one of Black America ...
First member of Congress to introduce legislation prohibiting discrimination in pay on the basis of sex: Pauli Murray: 1910 1985 United States American civil rights activist who became a lawyer, gender equality advocate, Episcopal priest, and author: Elizabeth Peratrovich: 1911 1958 United States: Alaskan activist for native people Amelia ...
The NAACP members organized peaceful demonstrations, but opponents fired on their lines. No one was arrested or punished, although law enforcement officers were present. [14] At that time, Monroe had a large Ku Klux Klan chapter. The press estimated it had 7,500 members, while the city had a total of 12,000 residents. [15]
She was earning $62.50 per month in college and every summer she traveled to Maine to earn more money. The NAACP in Columbia, SC, had approximately 800 members and all were black. The biggest NAACP impact during Clark's time in Columbia was they sponsored a suit that won the equalization of teacher salaries. It was a huge win for the NAACP. [6]