The NAACP is an acronym for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was founded by a multiracial group of people who wanted to promote anti-lynching. The organization was founded on February 12, 1909 in New York, NY. The founding group included: Sociologist, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary White Ovington, William Garrison, Henry Moscowitz, and others. Future members of the NAACP were Mary Church Terrell and Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune.
Since its inception the organization has been fighting for equality for all. The organization is made up of community chapters, youth councils, and college chapters across the nation.
The NAACP is today focuses on Human Rights. Which is the focus of the President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin Todd Jealous and Chairwoman, Roslyn Brock.
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