NAACP

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advocacy organization civil rights organization nonprofit organization

The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is a historic U.S. civil rights organization founded in 1909 that has led legal challenges and advocacy efforts against racial discrimination and segregation.

Aliases (6)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ×47
NAACP Board of Directors ×1
NAACP Hollywood Bureau ×1
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ×1
NAACP attorneys ×1
NAACP national office in New York ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	advocacy organization → civil rights organization → nonprofit organization →
country	United States →
fieldOfWork	civil rights law → economic justice → education and youth programs → health equity → public policy advocacy → voter mobilization →
formerHeadquartersLocation	New York City →
founded	1909 →
founder	Archibald Grimké → Charles Edward Russell → Florence Kelley → Henry Moskowitz → Ida B. Wells → Mary Church Terrell → Mary White Ovington → Moorfield Storey → Oswald Garrison Villard → W. E. B. Du Bois → William English Walling →
foundingLocation	New York City →
fullName	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People →
hasOrganizationalStructure	local branches → national board of directors → state conferences →
hasPart	NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (historical legal arm, now separate) →
headquartersLocation	Baltimore, Maryland →
ideology	civil rights movement → racial equality →
keyPerson	Benjamin Hooks → Derrick Johnson → Kweisi Mfume → Roy Wilkins → Thurgood Marshall → W. E. B. Du Bois →
membership	mass membership organization →
motto	“Ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminating race-based discrimination” →
notableWork	Brown v. Board of Education legal strategy → anti-lynching campaigns → criminal justice reform advocacy → desegregation litigation → employment discrimination cases → housing discrimination cases → legal challenges to Jim Crow laws → support for Civil Rights Act of 1964 → support for Voting Rights Act of 1965 → voting rights advocacy →
positionHeld	President and CEO: Derrick Johnson →
predecessor	Niagara Movement →
purpose	advocacy for civil rights → elimination of racial discrimination → elimination of segregation → protection of political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights →
separatedFrom	NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund →

Referenced by (92)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archibald Grimké ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Arthur B. Spingarn ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Benjamin Hooks ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → C. K. Steele ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Cecilia Suyat Marshall ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Daisy Bates ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Derrick Johnson → Derrick Johnson → E. D. Nixon ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Ella Baker ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Heman Marion Sweatt ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → James Farmer ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → James Weldon Johnson ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Joel Elias Spingarn ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Julian Bond → Mary Church Terrell ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Mary White Ovington ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Oswald Garrison Villard ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Ralph Bunche → Rosa Parks → Roy Wilkins → Thurgood Marshall → Whitney Young ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → William English Walling ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	memberOf
Cecilia Suyat Marshall ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Derrick Johnson → Derrick Johnson → James Weldon Johnson ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Kweisi Mfume → Medgar Evers → Roy Wilkins → Thurgood Marshall ("NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund") →	employer
Chairman’s Award → NAACP Image Award ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → NAACP Image Award → Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration → Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → President’s Award → Spingarn Medal →	presentedBy
Ida B. Wells ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Ida B. Wells → Mary White Ovington ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → W. E. B. Du Bois ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → William English Walling ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	coFounded
Elizabeth Eckford ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Heman Marion Sweatt → Spingarn family fund → Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall →	associatedWith
Albany Movement ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Council of Federated Organizations ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	foundedBy
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → Little Rock Central High School → Medgar Evers Home Museum →	associatedWithOrganization
Spingarn Medal ("NAACP Board of Directors") → Spingarn Medal ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	awardedBy
Congress of Racial Equality ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → Congress of Racial Equality ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	collaboratedWith
"Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" speech → Jim Crow laws →	opposedBy
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") → NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund →	separatedFrom
Derrick Johnson →	affiliation
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	alliedWith
President’s Award ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	associatedOrganization
Spingarn Medal ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	awardingBody
Oswald Garrison Villard ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	boardMemberOf
Julian Bond →	chairpersonOf
Oswald Garrison Villard ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	coFounderOf
NAACP ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	fullName
Spingarn family fund →	hasBeneficiary
African-American history ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	hasKeyInstitution
Council of Federated Organizations ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	hasMember
Freedom Summer ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	hasOrganizer
Jackson Movement →	hasParticipant
Niagara Movement ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	hasSuccessor
Niagara Movement ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	inspired
Little Rock Integration Crisis →	involves
American civil rights movement →	keyOrganization
Derrick Johnson →	leaderOf
Smith v. Allwright ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	litigationSupport
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund →	namedAfter
Derrick Johnson →	organizationLed
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom →	organizedBy
NAACP Image Award ("NAACP Hollywood Bureau") →	organizer
Madam C. J. Walker →	philanthropyFocus
The Birth of a Nation →	protestedBy
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County ("NAACP attorneys") →	representedBy
Spingarn Medal →	sponsor
Madam C. J. Walker ("National Association for the Advancement of Colored People") →	supportedOrganization
Cecilia Suyat Marshall ("NAACP national office in New York") →	workedAt