National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (English National Organization for promoting people of color ), also known as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential black civil rights organizations in the United States.

History

It emerged from the Niagara Movement, founded in 1905 and was launched on February 12, 1909 in life, to work in favor of the African-American population. The founding members were William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Ida Wells- Barnett, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling and. The NAACP was among the supporters and organizers of both the March on Washington in 1963 including the million - man - march 1995.

Other early members were Joel and Arthur Spingarn, Josephine Ruffin, Mary Talbert, Inez Milholland, Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, Sophonisba Breckinridge, John Haynes Holmes, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Henry White, Charles Edward Russell, John Dewey, William Dean Howells, Lillian Wald, Charles Darrow, Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Fanny Garrison Villard, and Walter Sachs

The NAACP established its first national office in 1910 in New York City and elected a board of directors and as president Moorfield Storey, a white constitutional lawyer and former president of the American Bar Association. The only African American among the leaders, you had Bois, who was elected as director of publications and research. He founded in 1910 the official journal of the NAACP The Crisis as a leading voice for civil rights. To increase the run, you published Bois works of Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and other African-American writers. Today the magazine is one of the oldest black periodicals in America.

Organization

The headquarters of the NAACP is located in Baltimore, with regional offices in California, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and Maryland. The NAACP is represented at national level by a Board of Directors. This has 64 members and is led by a chairman. The Board elects a President and Chief Executive Officer for the organization.

President Kweisi Mfume until 2005; followed him until his resignation in March 2007, Bruce S. Gordon; since it is (as of July 2013) Benjamin Jealous.

Chairman since February 2010 Roslyn Brock; its predecessor was the Civil Rights - Movement activist and former U.S. Congressman Julian Bond.

The NAACP had in August 2011 300.000 members.

NAACP Image Award

The NAACP Image Award is a prize that is awarded annually by the American Association for special services, which are provided in the areas of film, television, music and literature of African- Americans.

Film

• A Study Of Educational Inequalities in South Carolina. Production Company: Harmon Foundation. Sponsor: National Association For the Advancement of Colored People. 1936