feb 12, 1909 - Foundation of NAACP
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This is important because the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP, aimed for nothing less than full equality among the races. That goal, however, found little support in the Progressive Movement, which focused on the needs of middle-class whites. The two presidents who followed Roosevelt also did little to advance the goal of racial equality. Closer to the twenties, Du Bois also used the NAACP’s magazine, The Crisis, as a platform for leading a struggle for civil rights. Under the leadership of James Weldon Johnson poet, lawyer, and NAACP executive secretary the organization fought for legislation to protect African-American rights. It made anti-lynching laws one of its main priorities. The NAACP Influenced the government and others to look out for everyone's interests, including commoners, which influenced the 17th amendment.
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