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Florence Moltrop Kelley (September 12, 1859 – February 17, 1932) was an American social and political reformer who coined the term wage abolitionism. Her work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage , eight-hour workdays , [ 1 ] and children's rights [ 2 ] is widely regarded today.
The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, by a larger group including African Americans W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Mary Church Terrell, and the previously named whites Henry Moskowitz, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling (the wealthy Socialist son of a former slave-holding family), [27] [28] Florence Kelley, a ...
Florence Kelley (1859–1932), a social and political reformer active in NAWSA and instrumental in founding the League of Women Voters, the National Consumers League and the NAACP. [10] Dorothy Kenyon (1888–1972), lawyer, judge, and political activist
African Americans developed their own version of the Progressive Movement, with two different approaches led in the South by Booker T. Washington and the Black business community, versus W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP in the North. [79] The South was a main target of Northern philanthropy designed to fight poverty and disease, and help the black ...
Kelley and Saxton won a small victory Wednesday when they successfully blocked the NAACP's use of a giant map showing schools in Detroit to be mostly black and those in the suburbs to be mostly white.
NAACP is a nonpartisan civil rights group. Group supporters posed for photos amidst big-screen TVs, and said they hoped Costco noticed the increased spending following their visit. "This isn't a ...
Kelley says training “culturally responsive” teachers and classrooms is a key element of the NAACP’s strategic plan to narrow Indiana’s Black-white achievement gap.
Founder; born in El Paso, Texas. During her years at Howard University, she played an active role in the collegiate chapter of the NAACP. In Delta, she became the Alpha Chapter's first reporter. She was a singer and actress, and for several years she sang for television shows. [1] Edith Motte Young Alpha Founder; North Carolina native.