NAACP

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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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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

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James Weldon Johnson employer NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
James Weldon Johnson memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mary White Ovington coFounded NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mary White Ovington memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ida B. Wells coFounded NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ida B. Wells coFounded NAACP
Archibald Grimké memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Niagara Movement inspired NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Niagara Movement hasSuccessor NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Kweisi Mfume employer NAACP
President and CEO: Derrick Johnson employer NAACP
subject surface form: Derrick Johnson
President and CEO: Derrick Johnson memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Derrick Johnson
President and CEO: Derrick Johnson leaderOf NAACP
subject surface form: Derrick Johnson
William English Walling coFounded NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
William English Walling memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mary Church Terrell memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
C. K. Steele memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
CORE collaboratedWith NAACP
subject surface form: Congress of Racial Equality
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party alliedWith NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Jackson Movement (1960s civil rights campaign) hasParticipant NAACP
subject surface form: Jackson Movement
Council of Federated Organizations foundedBy NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Council of Federated Organizations hasMember NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
E. D. Nixon memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Derrick Johnson employer NAACP
Derrick Johnson memberOf NAACP
Thoroughgood Marshall memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Thurgood Marshall
African-American history hasKeyInstitution NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
President’s Award associatedOrganization NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration presentedBy NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Oswald Garrison Villard coFounderOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Oswald Garrison Villard memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Oswald Garrison Villard boardMemberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Heman Marion Sweatt memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Heman Sweatt was African American associatedWith NAACP
subject surface form: Heman Marion Sweatt
Benjamin Hooks memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Benjamin Hooks employer NAACP
Myrlie Evers employer NAACP
Ossian Sweet trial hasOrganizationInvolved NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Edward Russell coFounderOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Charles Edward Russell memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Robert L. Carter memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People