The Naacp Mission Statement

“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 all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. –NAACP” The NAACP is a civil liberties and rights interest group that forges the way in the fight of the erosion of civil rights through various media outlets, rallies, education, and legal advocacy. This interest group reflects my political values on civil rights and equality for all people of different backgrounds. The NAACP was founded in 1909 and has made tremendous breakthroughs in the civil rights movement from getting people of color the right to vote to desegregating schools. Since the day they were founded they have been pushing to meet their goals everyday. As stated in their mission statement, the NAACP wants to ensure equality across the board. The organization seeks to achieve equality for rights and end discrimination of any race in all various aspects of daily life that people may go through in this country. Another goal of theirs is to eliminate any barriers that may occur based off of racial discrimination through democratic processes. In addition, they seek …show more content…
The NAACP writes various articles and opinion pieces to create awareness of the discrimination issues they believe to be in the country. In colleges and youth they educate students on what their rights are. The youth create awareness and knowledge of the racial problems in this country and also provide another voice for the organization in hopes of creating better leaders. Many rallies have been organized to mobilize members too. Local rallies in the history of the NAACP have been very effective in the operation of the organization. Along with these methods they also provide legal advocacy to achieve the goals and assemble