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NAACP. Alia Khan. Purpose. NAACP is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People An African American Civil Rights organization that was formed in 1909
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NAACP Alia Khan
Purpose • NAACP is National Association for the Advancement of Colored People • An African American Civil Rights organization that was formed in 1909 • Mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination“
Landmark Victory • In 1954 ThurgoodMarshall and a team of NAACP attorneys won Brown v. Board of Education • The Brown decision inspired the marches and demonstrations of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s • Protests helped spring the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968 • The NAACP represented civil rights workers and fought for desegregation cases across the nation (using the Brown v. Board as their winning example) • Cases were filed that successfully challenged discrimination in public areas, housing, employment, voting
Relation to Malcolm X • The NAACP was active the same time Malcolm X was living • They were a huge contributor to the Civil Rights movement • Helped advance African American rights • When the March on Washington, the NAACPstepped in to help organize it
