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Mrs.
Deane Bonner, President |
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Executive
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The
NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, is the oldest, largest and strongest
Civil Rights Organization in the United States. The
principal objective of the NAACP is to ensure the
political, educational, social and economic equality
of minority group citizens of the United States |
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The NAACP is committed to achievement through
non-violence and relies upon the press, the
petition, the ballot and the courts, and is
persistent in the use of legal and moral persuasion
even in the face of overt and violent racial
hostility. |
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FOUNDATION |
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The NAACP was formed in 1909 in New York City by a
group of black and white citizens committed to
helping to right social injustices. On February 12,
over the signatures of 60 persons, the "Call" was
issued for a meeting on the concept of creating an
organization that would be an aggressive watchdog of
Negro liberties. This event marked the founding of
the NAACP. The New York Evening Post backed the
organization. |
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FOUNDERS |
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Mary White Ovington, Dr. Henry Moscowitz, Oswald Garrison Villiard, William English Walling, Ida Wells-Barnett and W.E.B. DuBois led the "Call" to renew the struggle for civil and political liberty. |
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STRUCTURE |
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The NAACP is a network of more than 2,200 branches covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Japan and Germany. They are divided into seven regions and are managed and governed by a National Board of Directors. The NAACP is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Total membership exceeds 500,000. LEADERSHIP: Kweisi Mfume is the President and Chief Executive Officer and the official spokesperson for the NAACP. The Chairman of the Board is Mr. Julian Bond. |
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