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NAACP
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is dedicated to the protection of American civil rights, and securing political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans.
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He was a lawyer for NAACP. He later served as president for NAACP.
How Mary White Ovington became famous?
Mary White Ovington was born April 11, 1865 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents, members of the Unitarian Church were supporters of women's rights and had been involved in anti-slavery movement. Educated at Packer Collegiate Institute and Radcliffe College, Ovington became involved in the campaign for civil rights in 1890 after hearing Frederick Douglass speak in a Brooklyn church. In 1895 she helped found the Greenpoint Settlement in Brooklyn. Appointed head of the project the following year, Ovington remained until 1904 when she was appointed fellow of the Greenwich House Committee on Social Investigations. Over the next five years she studied employment and housing problems in black Manhattan. During her investigations she met William Du Bois, an African American from Harvard University, and she was introduced to the founding members of the Niagara Movement. Influenced by the ideas of William Morris, Ovington joined the Socialist Party in 1905, where she met people such as Daniel De Leon, Asa Philip Randolph, Floyd Dell, Max Eastman and Jack London, who argued that racial problems were as much a matter of class as of race. She wrote for radical journals and newspapers such as, The Masses, New York Evening Post, and the New York Call. She also worked with Ray Stannard Baker and influenced the content of his book, Following the Color Line, published in 1908. On September 3, 1908 she read an article written by socialist William English Walling entitled "Race War in the North" in The Independent. Walling described a massive race riot directed at black residents in the hometown of Abraham Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois that led to seven deaths, 40 homes and 24 businesses destroyed, and 107 indictments against rioters. Walling ended the article by calling for a powerful body of citizens to come to the aid of blacks. Ovington responded to the article by writing Walling and meeting at his apartment in New York City along with social worker Dr. Henry Moskowitz. The group decided to launch a campaign by issuing a "call" for a national conference on the civil and political rights of African-Americans on the centennial of Lincoln's birthday, February 12, 1909. Many people responded to the "call" that eventually led to the formation of the National Negro Committee that held its first meeting in New York on May 31 and June 1, 1909. By May, 1910 the National Negro Committee and attendants, at its second conference, organized a permanent body known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) where Ovington was appointed as its executive secretary. Early members included Josephine Ruffin, Mary Talbert, Mary Church Terrell, Inez Milholland, Jane Addams, George Henry White, William Du Bois, Charles Edward Russell, John Dewey, Charles Darrow, Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Fanny Garrison Villard, Oswald Garrison Villard and Ida Wells-Barnett. The following year Ovington attended the Universal Races Congress in London. Ovington remained active in the struggle for women's suffrage and as a pacifist opposed America's involvement in the First World War. During the war Ovington supported Asa Philip Randolph and his magazine, The Messenger, which campaigned for black civil rights. After the war, Ovington served the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People as board member, executive secretary and chairman. The NAACP fought a long legal battle against segregation and racial discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting and transportation. They appealed to the Supreme Court to rule that several laws passed by southern states were unconstitutional and won three important judgments between 1915-1923 concerning voting rights and housing. The NAACP was criticised by some members of the African American community. Booker T. Washington opposed the group because it proposed an outspoken condemnation of racist policies in contrast to his policy of quiet diplomacy behind the scenes. Members of the organization were physically attacked by white racists. John R. Shillady, executive secretary of the NAACP, was badly beaten up when he visited Austin, Texas in 1919. Ovington wrote several books and articles, including a study of black Manhattan, Half a Man (1911); Status of the Negro in the United States (1913); Socialism and the Feminist Movement (1914); an anthology for black children, The Upward Path (1919); biographical sketches of prominent African Americans, Portraits in Color (1927); an autobiography, Reminiscences (1932); and a history of the NAACP, The Walls Come Tumbling Down (1947). Ovington retired as a board member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1947, ending 38 years of service with the organization. She died on July 15, 1951. Mary White Ovington I.S.30 Middle School in Brooklyn, New York was named after Mary White Ovington. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_White_Ovington
In the 1960's was NAACP the only representation the black people had in American?
no, the NAACP didn't do anything for the black people in the 60's. Black people were better off as slaves, they got food, and a place to sleep every night.
How has the NAACP been successful?
The NAACP has been successful in advancing civil rights through strategic legal challenges, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization. Landmark cases like Brown v. Board of Education led to the desegregation of public schools, while the organization's efforts in lobbying for legislation such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 have significantly shaped anti-discrimination laws. Additionally, the NAACP has played a crucial role in raising awareness about racial injustices and mobilizing communities for social change, thereby creating a lasting impact on American society.
What event is believed to have led to the formation of our moon?
The Fission Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon was once part of the Earth and somehow separated from the Earth early in the history of the solar system. The present Pacific Ocean basin is the most popular site for the part of the Earth from which the Moon came. This theory was thought possible since the Moon's composition resembles that of the Earth's mantle and a rapidly spinning Earth could have cast off the Moon from its outer layers. However, the present-day Earth-Moon system should contain "fossil evidence" of this rapid spin and it does not. Also, this hypothesis does not have a natural explanation for the extra baking the lunar material has received.
The Capture Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon was formed somewhere else in the solar system, and was later captured by the gravitational field of the Earth. The Moon's different chemical composition could be explained if it formed elsewhere in the solar system, however, capture into the Moon's present orbit is very improbable. Something would have to slow it down by just the right amount at just the right time, and scientists are reluctant to believe in such "fine tuning". Also, this hypothesis does not have a natural explanation for the extra baking the lunar material has received.
The Condensation Theory: This theory proposes that the Moon and the Earth condensed individually from the nebula that formed the solar system, with the Moon formed in orbit around the Earth. However, if the Moon formed in the vicinity of the Earth it should have nearly the same composition. Specifically, it should possess a significant iron core, and it does not. Also, this hypothesis does not have a natural explanation for the extra baking the lunar material has received.
The Bible theory: God created it in the 4th day.
Who was the first officer of the NAACP?
who cares, i sure don't. who was the 1st officer of the white org? oh, that's right we don't have one, that would be racist
What is the NAACP email address?
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NAACP does not list a email address.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) lists all contact information on their website, which includes an email contact form. Please see related link.
Who did the NAACP hire for a US Supreme Court case?
You may be asking who argued Brown v. Board of Education,(1954) before the US Supreme Court. The lead counsel for the Petitioner (Brown, et al.) was Thurgood Marshall, who later became the first African-American to serve on the Court.
Attorney Charles Hamilton Houston, former Dean of Howard University Law School, hired Marshall to work with the NAACP. Thurgood Marshall later became a founder of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, an independent, but related, arm of the national organization responsible for much of the legal battle for African-Americans' civil rights.
The NAACP and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund brought many cases to the US Supreme Court under the leadership of prominent African-American attorneys. Thurgood Marshall was, perhaps, the best remembered by history, but was by no means the only lawyer working for civil rights, nor was Brown the only case the NAACP sponsored.
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