What does the NAACP do?

What does the NAACP do?

The NAACP is a powerful voice in my community. As one of the most segregated cities in America, we know that we must have a watch dog fighting to insure the Black community gets its fair share and doesn’t suffer unnecessary harm in education, health, safety, economic conditions, and many other areas.

How many regions does the NAACP have?

NAACP state conferences, branches, college chapters, and youth councils are divided into seven regions across the U.S. The fight for justice and equality needs you.

Who founded the NAACP in 1909?

Founding of the NAACP. The NAACP was established in February 1909 in New York City by an interracial group of activists, partially in response to the 1908 Springfield race riot in Illinois.

What did the NAACP do to fight the grandfather clause?

The NAACP challenged the law and won a legal victory in 1915 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Guinn v. United States that grandfather clauses were unconstitutional. Also in 1915, the NAACP called for a boycott of Birth of a Nation, a movie that portrayed the Ku Klux Klan in a positive light and perpetrated racist stereotypes of Black people.

The NAACP works to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes. The national office was established in New York City in 1910 as well as a board of directors and president, Moorfield Storey, a white constitutional lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association.

How did the NAACP regain its preeminence in the 1960s?

By the mid-1960s, the NAACP had regained some of its preeminence in the Civil Rights Movement by pressing for civil rights legislation. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom took place on August 28, 1963.

We are NAACP We are the home of grassroots activism for civil rights and social justice. We have more than 2,200 units across the nation, powered by well over 2 million activists. In our cities, schools, companies, and courtrooms, we are the legacy of W.E.B. Dubois, Ida B. Wells, Thurgood Marshall, and many other giants of civil rights.