NAACP

• Also Known As: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

• American

Leading the Fight for Civil Rights Since 1909

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to advance justice and equality for African Americans. Formed as an interracial coalition in response to widespread disenfranchisement, segregation, and racial violence, the NAACP became a national force through its litigation strategies, public advocacy, and grassroots chapter network. Over the decades, leaders such as W?E?B Du?Bois, James Weldon Johnson, Walter F White, Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins helped shape its campaigns against lynching, discriminatory laws, and segregated schools, culminating in landmark victories like Brown v Board of Education. Today, the NAACP continues its mission to ensure political, educational, social and economic equality, addressing issues ranging from voting rights and criminal justice to health equity and environmental justice. - AsNotedIn