Learn about the rich history of the St. Louis City NAACP and their fight for civil rights
Our History and reason for the movement
The NAACP :
◊ insures the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority groups and citizens;◊ achieves equality of rights and eliminates race prejudice among the citizens of the United States;◊ removes all barriers of racial discrimination through the democratic processes;◊ seeks to enact and enforce federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights;◊ informs the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and seeks its elimination;◊ educates persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action in furtherance of these principles.Formed in 1909, by a multiracial group of progressive thinkers, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is:
” a non-profit organization established with the objective of insuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority groups. ”
NAACP GOAL
NAACP has as its goal :
” The elimination racial prejudice and the removal of all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.”
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