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    Many social movements come and go, but for more than a century the NAACP has been essential to struggles for racial justice and civil rights. Founded in , the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People grew quickly, setting agendas and developing tactics that propelled the civil rights movement through the 20th century. Scholars emphasize the organization's national initiatives, the political lobbying and publicity efforts handled by the headquarters staff in New York and Washington D.C. and the brilliant court strategies developed by the legal team based for many years at Howard University.

    But from an early date, the NAACP was a grass roots organization with a mass membership based in hundreds of communities across the nation. NAACP local branches have always been key to the organization's endurance and effectiveness. When, in its early years, the national office launched campaigns against the vile racist movie, Birth of a Nation, it

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    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

    Founded in , the NAACP is the nation&#;s oldest civil rights organization. Throughout the s and s, the association led the black civil rights struggle in fighting injustices such as the denial of voting rights, racial violence, discrimination in employment, and segregated public facilities. Dedicated to the goal of an integrated society, the national leadership has always been interracial, although the membership has remained predominantly African American.


    Silent march

    Anti-lynching demonstrations by the NAACP challenged the American people and government to face the violence of lynching. Approximately 8, black Americans marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in a silent protest against ongoing murder, violence, and racial discrimination on July 28,
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    The NAACP focused on five major areas from to anti-lynching legislation, voter participat
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    NAACP

    Civil rights organization in the United States

    AbbreviationNAACP
    FormationFebruary&#;12, ; years ago&#;()
    FoundersW. E. B. Du Bois
    Mary White Ovington
    Moorfield Storey
    Ida B. Wells
    Lillian Wald
    Henry Moskowitz

    Tax ID no.

    Legal status(c)(4) Civic Leagues and Social Welfare Organizations
    Purpose"To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."
    HeadquartersBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Membership,[1]

    Chairman

    		Leon W. Russell

    President and CEO

    		Derrick Johnson

    Main organ

    		Board of directors

    Publication

    		The Crisis
    Budget$24,, ()[2]
    Website

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