Civil Rights Organizations

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - The NAACP was formed in 1909 when progressive whites joined forces with W. E. B. DuBois and other young blacks, and it remains an important organization today.

Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) - Founded in 1942 by an interracial group of students in Chicago, CORE pioneered the use of nonviolent direct action in America’s civil rights struggle.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) - SCLC was established in 1957, to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South. It drew on the power and independence of black churches to support its activities.

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters - First labor organization led by African-Americans to receive a charter by the AFL, it represented the workers of the Pullman Company, one of the largest employers of African Americans in the 1920s and 1930s.