February 12 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is Founded in Baltimore, Maryland

February 12 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is Founded in Baltimore, MarylandRate this post One hundred years after the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States who freed the slaves, a group black and white Americans founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on February 12, 1909. Focused on overturning discriminatory laws throughout the United States, the NAACP has grown into one of the most influential organizations in American politics. After the Civil War, legislative bodies throughout the South enacted statutes designed to undermine amendments to the US Constitution made to elevate African-Americans to full citizenship. These […]