NATION'S PREMIER CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION
Founded February 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s foremost, largest, and most widely recognized civil rights organization.
Founded February 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s foremost, largest, and most widely recognized civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, leading grassroots campaigns for equal opportunity and conducting voter mobilization.
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to
ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to
eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.