WEBVTT - Way Black History Fact - The History of the NAACP

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<v Speaker 1>Right now though, it is time for the Way Black

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<v Speaker 1>bit about the NAACP for your Way Black History Fact.

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<v Speaker 1>The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or

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<v Speaker 1>in AACP interracial American organization created to work for the

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<v Speaker 1>abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting,

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<v Speaker 1>and transportation, to oppose racism, and to ensure African Americans

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<v Speaker 1>their constitutional rights. The NAACP was created in nineteen oh

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<v Speaker 1>nine by an interracial group considering A. W. E. B. Duois,

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<v Speaker 1>Ida Belle Wells, Ida Bell Wells Bennett, Mary White Ovington,

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<v Speaker 1>and others concerned with the challenges facing African Americans, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in the wake of the nineteen oh eight Springfield race Riot.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the founding members had been associated with the Niagara Movement,

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<v Speaker 1>a civil rights group led by Dubois. In nineteen ten,

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<v Speaker 1>the NAACP began publishing a quarterly magazine called The Crisis.

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<v Speaker 1>For its first twenty four years, it was edited by Dubois.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of the NAACP's actions have focused on national issues.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, the group helped persuade US President Woodrow Wilson

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<v Speaker 1>to denounce lynching in nineteen eighteen. Other areas of that's

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<v Speaker 1>crazy President wood Wilson to denounce lynching. That's crazy, that

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<v Speaker 1>that was the thing that we needed to have done

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<v Speaker 1>once upon a time. Other areas of activism have involved

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<v Speaker 1>political action to secure enactment of civil rights laws, programs

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<v Speaker 1>of education and public information to win popular support, and

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<v Speaker 1>direct action to achieve specific goals. In nineteen thirty nine,

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<v Speaker 1>the NAACP established as an independent legal arm for the

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<v Speaker 1>civil rights movement, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund,

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<v Speaker 1>which litigated to the Supreme Court Brown versus Board of

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<v Speaker 1>Education of Topeka, the case that resulted in the High

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<v Speaker 1>Court's landmark nineteen fifty four school desegregation decision. The organization

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<v Speaker 1>had also won a significant victory in nineteen forty six

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<v Speaker 1>with Morgan b. Virginia, which successfully barred segregation in interstate travel,

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<v Speaker 1>setting the stage for the Freedom Writers nineteen sixty one.

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<v Speaker 1>The murder of NAACP Field director Medgar Evers in nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>sixty three gave the group national prominence, likely contributing to

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<v Speaker 1>the passage of the Voting Rights Act of nineteen sixty five.

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<v Speaker 1>In the nineteen eighties, the NAACP publicized opposition to apartheid

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<v Speaker 1>policies in South Africa. The organization moved its headquarters from

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<v Speaker 1>New York City to Baltimore, Maryland, in nineteen eighty six.

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<v Speaker 1>It also operates a bureau in Washington, d c. And

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<v Speaker 1>has branch offices in dozens of cities across the United States.

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<v Speaker 1>At the turn of the twenty first century, the NAACP

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<v Speaker 1>sponsored campaigns against youth ba islands and encouraged economic enterprise

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<v Speaker 1>among African Americans and led voter drives to increase participation

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<v Speaker 1>in the political process. So that's a quick backstory of

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<v Speaker 1>the inn AACP or NUBACP, as you may have heard.

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<v Speaker 1>And this is not the only group. I remember when

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<v Speaker 1>we talked about this. Once upon a time, there was

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<v Speaker 1>a group of learned individuals, Jewish folks, Black folks. A

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<v Speaker 1>bunch of people sat down and created the NAACP. There

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<v Speaker 1>are other civil rights organizations. Think the Urban League, Think

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<v Speaker 1>the National Council for Negro Women. That's a pretty good list.

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<v Speaker 1>There and they're all worth your exploration. So for some

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<v Speaker 1>homework today, go and find out who these organizations are

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<v Speaker 1>and if they're in your community, and find out how

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<v Speaker 1>you can participate and perhaps get back