22 mayo 1909 año - 1909: The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (The NAACP was founded as a direct response to the Springfield Riot, after a meeting at the National Conference of the Negro. Their aims were to investigate racism, publicise it, suggest positive solutions and take legal action to enforce the law and the Constitution. Despite the presence of Du Bois, who played an important role editing the magazine 'Crisis', the majority of the organisation's early leaders were white.) (Cinta de tiempo)