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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) [a] is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, and Henry Moskowitz.
The suggestion to name the magazine after the poem came from one of the NAACP co-founders and noted white abolitionist Mary White Ovington. The first issue was typed and arranged by NAACP secretary Richetta Randolph Wallace. [3] As the founding editor of The Crisis, Du Bois proclaimed his intentions in his first editorial:
Leaders represented major civil rights organizations. Members of The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference put aside their differences and came together for the march. Many whites and black people also came together in the urgency for change in the nation.
“The Color Purple” dominated at the 55th NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night, taking home four accolades including outstanding motion picture. Colman Domingo received Image Awards for both ...
On Saturday, the remaining winners of the 55th annual NAACP Image Awards were announced during a televised ceremony hosted by Queen Latifah. In the run-up to Saturday's show, the winners of some ...
It was sung by a choir of 500 children at their segregated school in Florida, per the NAACP. The song held different meanings depending on the tenor of the era. When the song was written at the ...
The National Negro Committee (formed: New York City, May 31 and June 1, 1909 – ceased: New York City, May 12, 1910) was created in response to the Springfield race riot of 1908 against the black community in Springfield, Illinois.
The nominations for the 55th NAACP Image Awards were announced on Thursday, honoring the best in Black filmmaking, writing, music, podcasting, and more.Rustin and The Color Purple star Colman ...