naacp

     

On February 12 this important African-American organization was formed

Trivia about naacp

  • Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar Evers, was sworn in as its chairwoman in 1995
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew) From 1943 to 1956, Rosa Parks was secretary of her local chapter of this organization
  • The founding of this organization in 1909 was spurred by a Springfield, Ill. race riot the previous year
  • On August 9, 1966 the Milwaukee HQ of this venerable civil rights organization was bombed
  • From 1910 to 1934 W.E.B. Du Bois edited Crisis, the magazine of this organization
  • W.E. B. Du Bois & others founded this organization on Lincoln's 100th birthday in 1909
  • This organization awards the Spingarn Medal, its highest honor for achievement among African-Americans
  • As counsel to this organization, Charles Houston devised the legal strategy that led to school desegregation
  • Its "Image Awards" go to those who contribute positive images of people of color in film, TV & theater
  • On Feb. 20, 1996 former Congressman Kweisi Mfume was sworn in as head of this organization
  • Kweisi Mfume left the House of Representatives to head this civil rights organization in February 1996
  • In February 1995 Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of Medgar, was elected this organization's chairperson
  • Benjamin L. Hooks, a lawyer & civil rights leader, was executive director of this organization from 1977 to 1993
  • An instrumental figure in ending school segregation, Roy Wilkins headed this organization for over 20 years
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL.) Though Rosa Parks made her living as a seamstress, she had also served as secretary of a branch of this organization