How and who created the NAACP?

Founded February 12, 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization. read more

White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP. New York: The New Press, 2003. Jonas, Gilbert S. Freedom's Sword: The NAACP and the Struggle against Racism in America, 1909–1969. London: Routledge, 2005. Kellogg, Charles Flint. NAACP: A History of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. read more

White, a friend and adviser to First Lady – and NAACP national board member – Eleanor Roosevelt, met with her often in attempt to convince President Franklin D. Roosevelt to outlaw job discrimination in the armed forces, defense industries, and the agencies created by the New Deal. read more

Founding Members of the NAACP W.E.B. Du Bois – an historian and Pan-Africanist, who was the first African-American to earn a doctorate and become a professor. Ida B. Wells – an African-American newspaper editor and journalist. read more

The NAACP was established in February 1909 in New York City by an interracial group of activists, partially in response to the 1908 Springfield race riot in Illinois. read more