February 12th 1909 was an important day for the history of civil rights organizations, it was the date of the formation of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (commonly abbreviated as NAACP), a group that was organized to achieve equality of the races. The NAACP was founded by an interracial group of approximately 60 people that included W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Church Terrell and others.
The NAACP was initially formed partly because of lynchings and the 1908 race riot that took place in Illinois. Citizens were tired of the mistreating of colored people so they formed this group that would work relentlessly to make sure colored people would be treated equal to the whites; ”The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of …show more content…
and even some outside of America. The NAACP eventually took their concerns to court “A series of early court battles, including a victory against a discriminatory Oklahoma law that regulated voting by means of a grandfather clause (Guinn v. United States, 1910), helped establish the NAACP's importance as a legal advocate.” (NAACP: 100 Years of History). Eventually a law firm, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (abbreviated LDF), was created and by 1957 established itself as an entirely separate organization from The NAACP. The NAACP was also involved in the widely known case of Brown v. Board of Education Decision, that eliminated racial segregation in schools, this case was huge turning point for the fight of equality.
The NAACP is still an organization today and with over half a million members and supporters is the nation's largest civil right organization. It’s impact on America has been undeniably large, The NAACP has been highly influential on American society as a whole and has aided colored crusaders to have a
The NAACP was initially formed partly because of lynchings and the 1908 race riot that took place in Illinois. Citizens were tired of the mistreating of colored people so they formed this group that would work relentlessly to make sure colored people would be treated equal to the whites; ”The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of …show more content…
and even some outside of America. The NAACP eventually took their concerns to court “A series of early court battles, including a victory against a discriminatory Oklahoma law that regulated voting by means of a grandfather clause (Guinn v. United States, 1910), helped establish the NAACP's importance as a legal advocate.” (NAACP: 100 Years of History). Eventually a law firm, The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (abbreviated LDF), was created and by 1957 established itself as an entirely separate organization from The NAACP. The NAACP was also involved in the widely known case of Brown v. Board of Education Decision, that eliminated racial segregation in schools, this case was huge turning point for the fight of equality.
The NAACP is still an organization today and with over half a million members and supporters is the nation's largest civil right organization. It’s impact on America has been undeniably large, The NAACP has been highly influential on American society as a whole and has aided colored crusaders to have a