feb 12, 1909 - NAACP Founded
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The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) was instrumental in the fight for the rights of African Americans, beginning with its founding on 12 February 1909.
Established following a race riot in Springfield, Illinois, in 1908, the NAACP was a racial and religiously integrated organization from the start.
Charter members and early members included WEB Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Joel and Arthur Spingarn, Mary McLeod Bethune, the famous reformers of the era Lincoln Steffens and Jane Addams.
The NAACP's purpose was to "secure for all people tge rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery, the equal protection of the law, and universal adult male suffrage".
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U.S. Civil Rights Movement
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