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Speaker 1: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or
Speaker 1: in AACP interracial American organization created to work for the
Speaker 1: abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting,
Speaker 1: and transportation, to oppose racism, and to ensure African Americans
Speaker 1: their constitutional rights. The NAACP was created in nineteen oh
Speaker 1: nine by an interracial group considering A. W. E. B. Duois,
Speaker 1: Ida Belle Wells, Ida Bell Wells Bennett, Mary White Ovington,
Speaker 1: and others concerned with the challenges facing African Americans, especially
Speaker 1: in the wake of the nineteen oh eight Springfield race Riot.
Speaker 1: Of the founding members had been associated with the Niagara Movement,
Speaker 1: a civil rights group led by Dubois. In nineteen ten,
Speaker 1: the NAACP began publishing a quarterly magazine called The Crisis.
Speaker 1: For its first twenty four years, it was edited by Dubois.
Speaker 1: Many of the NAACP's actions have focused on national issues.
Speaker 1: For example, the group helped persuade US President Woodrow Wilson
Speaker 1: to denounce lynching in nineteen eighteen. Other areas of that's
Speaker 1: crazy President wood Wilson to denounce lynching. That's crazy, that
Speaker 1: that was the thing that we needed to have done
Speaker 1: once upon a time. Other areas of activism have involved
Speaker 1: political action to secure enactment of civil rights laws, programs
Speaker 1: of education and public information to win popular support, and
Speaker 1: direct action to achieve specific goals. In nineteen thirty nine,
Speaker 1: the NAACP established as an independent legal arm for the
Speaker 1: civil rights movement, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund,
Speaker 1: which litigated to the Supreme Court Brown versus Board of
Speaker 1: Education of Topeka, the case that resulted in the High
Speaker 1: Court's landmark nineteen fifty four school desegregation decision. The organization
Speaker 1: had also won a significant victory in nineteen forty six
Speaker 1: with Morgan b. Virginia, which successfully barred segregation in interstate travel,
Speaker 1: setting the stage for the Freedom Writers nineteen sixty one.
Speaker 1: The murder of NAACP Field director Medgar Evers in nineteen
Speaker 1: sixty three gave the group national prominence, likely contributing to
Speaker 1: the passage of the Voting Rights Act of nineteen sixty five.
Speaker 1: In the nineteen eighties, the NAACP publicized opposition to apartheid
Speaker 1: policies in South Africa. The organization moved its headquarters from
Speaker 1: New York City to Baltimore, Maryland, in nineteen eighty six.
Speaker 1: It also operates a bureau in Washington, d c. And
Speaker 1: has branch offices in dozens of cities across the United States.
Speaker 1: At the turn of the twenty first century, the NAACP
Speaker 1: sponsored campaigns against youth ba islands and encouraged economic enterprise
Speaker 1: among African Americans and led voter drives to increase participation
Speaker 1: in the political process. So that's a quick backstory of
Speaker 1: the inn AACP or NUBACP, as you may have heard.
Speaker 1: And this is not the only group. I remember when
Speaker 1: we talked about this. Once upon a time, there was
Speaker 1: a group of learned individuals, Jewish folks, Black folks. A
Speaker 1: bunch of people sat down and created the NAACP. There
Speaker 1: are other civil rights organizations. Think the Urban League, Think
Speaker 1: the National Council for Negro Women. That's a pretty good list.
Speaker 1: There and they're all worth your exploration. So for some
Speaker 1: homework today, go and find out who these organizations are
Speaker 1: and if they're in your community, and find out how
Speaker 1: you can participate and perhaps get back