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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Dr. Robert B. Hayling memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Robert B. Hayling
Dr. Robert B. Hayling memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Robert B. Hayling
this entity surface form: NAACP Youth Council
Ida memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Ida B. Wells
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Ida coFounderOf NAACP
subject surface form: Ida B. Wells
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
the Atlanta Compromise criticizedBy NAACP
subject surface form: Atlanta Compromise
this entity surface form: NAACP leaders
Walling coFounded NAACP
subject surface form: William English Walling
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Walling abbreviation NAACP
subject surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Lillian Wald memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Lillian Wald coFounderOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Frizzell Gray employer NAACP
William G. Anderson memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Church Terrell memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Mary Church Terrell
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Francis James Grimké memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Francis James Grimké coFounderOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Jessie Fauset memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Mary memberOf NAACP
subject surface form: Mary Church Terrell
Archewell partneredWith NAACP
Aaron Henry memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Edgar Daniel Nixon memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The Crisis publisher NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The Crisis publisher NAACP
Vivian Burey Marshall associatedWith NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Voter Education Project cooperatedWith NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Aurelia Nixon associatedWith NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Benjamin Mays memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Alton J. Lemon memberOf NAACP
this entity surface form: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People