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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.
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.
FOUNDATION
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 organization was backed by the New York Evening Post.
FOUNDERS
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.
STRUCTURE
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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