Founders
Including figures like W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells, this is the number of original founders of the NAACP in 1909.
What is 7?
The initial goal of NAACP was to stop this crime.
What is Lynching?
This city is where NAACP was founded.
What is New York City?
What is our Unit Number?
What is 5952-B?
Contrary to what some might assume, the founders of the NAACP in 1909 came from this kind of racial background.
What is Black and White?
NAACP stands for.
What is the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People?
This former slave turned investigative journalist and co-founder of the NAACP exposed the horrors of lynching in works like Southern Horrors and The Red Record, and was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2020.
Who was Ida B. Wells?
This is the date NAACP was founded on
What is February 12, 1909
A white progressive who, along with other white liberals, issued the call for the meeting that led to the NAACP's formation.
Who is Mary White Ovington?
In 1915, NAACP called for a boycott of this movie, which showcased racist stereotypes.
What is Birth of a Nation?
NAACP Vision Statement
What is "The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race."
He is the current CEO and President of NAACP.
Who is Derrick Johnson?
This co-founder of the NAACP, author of The Souls of Black Folk, and proponent of the "Talented Tenth" spent his final years in Ghana and was a fierce critic of racism, capitalism, and the "Atlanta Compromise."
Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?
NAACP Mission Statement
What is "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 race-based discrimination."
When was Unit 5952-B chartered on (Month & Year)
October 2010