NAACP History
Founded in 1909, this organization is America's oldest civil rights group.
What is the NAACP?
The ACT-SO program recognizes excellence in students of this educational level.
What is high school?
This minister and activist gave the “I Have a Dream” speech during the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
The NAACP continues to fight for these rights that protect all U.S. citizens.
What are civil rights?
This billionaire media mogul and philanthropist started as a news anchor.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
The NAACP was formed in response to these violent, racially motivated attacks that surged in the early 20th century.
What are lynchings?
ACT-SO participants can choose from over 30 categories in STEM, humanities, performing arts, business, and this hands-on field.
What is culinary arts?
Known for refusing to give up her bus seat, she helped spark the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This is the official magazine published by the NAACP.
What is The Crisis?
This musical genius composed "Purple Rain" and inspired generations of artists.
Who is Prince?
This famous 1954 Supreme Court case, backed by the NAACP, ended racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Winning ACT-SO students at the local level advance to this national-level event.
What is the National ACT-SO Competition?
Malcolm X was a powerful leader who advocated for Black empowerment and this human right.
What is self-determination (or human rights)?
The NAACP frequently advocates for fairness in these systems, including education, voting, and criminal justice.
What are public policy systems?
Mae Jemison broke barriers by becoming the first African American woman to do this.
What is travel to space?
She was the first female chair of the NAACP, a lifelong educator, and a civil rights pioneer.
Who is Myrlie Evers-Williams?
This “S” in ACT-SO stands for a field of innovation and invention.
What is Scientific (or Science)?
She co-founded the NAACP and was known for her powerful journalism and anti-lynching activism.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
The NAACP has a Legal Defense Fund, often abbreviated as this.
What is LDF?
This inventor created the three-light traffic signal and improved gas masks.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
The NAACP’s original name included this word that described people of African descent.
What is "Colored"?
The ACT-SO motto is: "______, Achieve, and Lead."
What is Compete?
This 14-year-old’s brutal murder in 1955 became a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
This annual event brings together members for workshops, elections, and youth programming.
What is the NAACP National Convention?
In 2009, she became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?