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NAACP DAY (1909)

Categories: Anniversary, Culture & Art & Civil Rights
Location: United States
Type of Event: Daily Event
Updated: May 06, 2024
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Today's Featured Event is the Anniversary of the NAACP
Feb. 12. 1909 is the birthday of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). It is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots-based civil rights organization.

The organizations objectives include:
1) ensuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority citizens of United States
2) eliminating race prejudice.
3) Ending racial discrimination through the democratic processes.

Key achievements include:
Brown v. Board of Education
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting rights Act of 1965
Fair Housing Act of 1968
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