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.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 92
NAACP canonical 78
NAACP Board of Directors 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf advocacy organization ⓘ
civil rights organization ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 NAACP self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
hasOrganizationalStructure local branches ⓘ
national board of directors ⓘ
state conferences ⓘ
hasPart NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund ⓘ
surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (historical legal arm, now separate)
headquartersLocation Baltimore ⓘ
surface form: 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 (178)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American civil rights movement → keyOrganization → NAACP ⓘ
Thurgood Marshall → employer → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Little Rock Integration Crisis → involves → NAACP ⓘ
Jim Crow laws → opposedBy → NAACP ⓘ
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom → organizedBy → NAACP ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs → foundedBy → NAACP ⓘ
subject surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund represented plaintiffs → separatedFrom → NAACP ⓘ
subject surface form: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Spingarn Medal → presentedBy → NAACP ⓘ
Spingarn Medal → sponsor → NAACP ⓘ
Spingarn Medal → awardingBody → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Spingarn Medal → awardedBy → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: NAACP Board of Directors
American South (mid-20th century civil rights era) → associatedWithOrganization → NAACP ⓘ
Congress of Racial Equality → collaboratedWith → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP → fullName → NAACP self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Freedom Summer → hasOrganizer → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County → representedBy → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: NAACP attorneys
Smith v. Allwright → litigationSupport → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall → associatedWith → NAACP ⓘ
Albany Movement → foundedBy → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Image Award → presentedBy → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Image Award → presentedBy → NAACP ⓘ
NAACP Image Award → organizer → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: NAACP Hollywood Bureau
Ralph Bunche → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
Rosa Parks → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
Medgar Evers → employer → NAACP ⓘ
Ella Baker → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
James Farmer → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Roy Wilkins → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
Roy Wilkins → employer → NAACP ⓘ
Whitney Young → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Little Rock Central High School → associatedWithOrganization → NAACP ⓘ
The Birth of a Nation → protestedBy → NAACP ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois → coFounded → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Daisy Bates → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund → foundedBy → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund → separatedFrom → NAACP ⓘ
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund → namedAfter → NAACP ⓘ
Julian Bond → chairpersonOf → NAACP ⓘ
Julian Bond → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
Spingarn family fund → associatedWith → NAACP ⓘ
Spingarn family fund → hasBeneficiary → NAACP ⓘ
Madam C. J. Walker → philanthropyFocus → NAACP ⓘ
Madam C. J. Walker → supportedOrganization → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Joel Elias Spingarn → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Joel Elias Spingarn → awardedBy → NAACP ⓘ
subject surface form: Spingarn Medal
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Joel Elias Spingarn → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur B. Spingarn
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Elizabeth Eckford → associatedWith → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Cecilia Suyat Marshall → memberOf → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Cecilia Suyat Marshall → employer → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Cecilia Suyat Marshall → workedAt → NAACP ⓘ
this entity surface form: NAACP national office in New York