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The "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People."

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NAACP is the biggest and oldest civil rights organization in the world.

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NAACP was formed February 12, 1909, in New York City, NY.

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Why was NAACP formed and what are its goals?

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Why was NAACP formed and what are its goals?

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The NAACP organization was formed in order to promote African American rights and justice. The Springfield Riot was the final turning point to why it was officially formed, many white liberals came together to seek racial justice. NAACP's main focus was to guarantee rights for all people including the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. After the great depression NAACP focused on the economic justice for African Americans. The NAACP also became an important legal advocate by voting the grandfather clause.

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How much has the NAACP expanded its membership?

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How much has the NAACP expanded its membership?

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1917- 9,000
1919- 90,000
1946- 600,000
2017- 500,000

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W.E.B. Du Bois (NAACP Member) founded "The Crisis" magazine in 1910 which was the main voice of the Harlem Renaissance. The Crisis focused on the most crucial issues which included lynching and WWI. Du Bois also wrote a children's version "The Brownies Book" which focused on the black youth in U.S. History.

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What was know as NAACP's "Game Changers?"

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What was know as NAACP's "Game Changers?"

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-Economic Sustainability
-Education
-Health
-Public Safety + Criminal Justice
-Voting Rights/Political Representation
-Expanding Youth and Young Adult Engagement

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Who were some famous members and what did they do?

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Who were some famous members and what did they do?

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Martin Luther King Jr.- Suggested Direct Action was the main way to get the NAACP goals. The organization was although criticized for being to rigid within the system.
Walter F. White- (National Secretary)- worked alongside Eleanor Roosevelt to better job equality.
Eleanor Roosevelt (National Board Member)- persuade President Franklin D. Roosevelt to exile the job discrimination in the armed forces, defense industries, and New Deal agencies.

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NAACP's Hustle Campaign (today)is running to encourage colored citizens to vote. The Hustle is a texting campaign that will let you communicate with real people that will explain the importance of voting through the texting. They are expected to recruit 2,000 volunteers.
NAACP's "Get out and Vote" campaign is also a way to encourage colored people to not be afraid to vote because every vote does truly matter and people don't understand that. As a result of the campaign, in the 2000 presidential election 1 Million more African Americans voted than in the 1996 election.

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What reports affected periods for growth?

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What reports affected periods for growth?

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NAACP Report- decreased the incidence of lynching.
Margold Report- basis for the separate but equal doctrine (governed since  Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896)

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Acting currently is Derrick Johnson President and CEO of NAACP and Leon W. Russell is chairman of the Board of Directors.