Who We Are

naacp

We are advocates, partners, and collaborators whose mission is to secure the political, education, social, and economic rights of all persons.

What We Do

We aim to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.

Why We Do It

To eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.

mission statement

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

vission statement

The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people is to ensure a society which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.

Our History In the Beginning...

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization, was born on February 12, 1909.

Echoing the focus of W.E.B Du Bois' Niagara Movement for civil rights, which began in 1905, the NAACP aimed to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery (13), provide equal protection of the law (14"), the right for all men to vote (15

Accordingly, the NAACP's mission is to ensure the political, educational, and equality of minority group citizens of States and to eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP works to remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.

NAACP Accomplishments

>>>Succeeded in getting 600 African Americans commissioned as officers in the US Army, as well as to register 700,000 to serve in the Army.

>>>Won the 'Morgan v. Virginia' case that banned states from segregation on public transportation across state lines.

>>>Pressured President Truman into signing an Executive Order that desegregated the military

>>>A Won 'Brown v. Board of Education' decision that school segregation is unconstitutional; this led to the gradual desegregation of public schools.

>>>The NAACP subsection, the Youth Council, lead a series of non-violent protests at a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, to demand to be served. This led to the desegregation of lunch counters on 26 southern states.

>>>Placed a major role in convincing President Lyndon Johnson to sign into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ensured that the federal government would enforce desegregation and to prohibit discrimination in public facilities, in government, as well as in employment, schools, housing and hiring, thus the "Jim Crow" laws were abolished.

>>>Spearheaded the passing of the 1968 Fair Housing Act that abolished racial, religious, gender discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing.

>>>Helped to abolish the dead penalty in New Mexico (2003), Connecticut (2012), and Maryland (2013).

>>>Help to outlaw the NYC 'Stop-and-frisk racial profiling program.

>>>...and many, many more actions, up to the present day.