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THE HISTORY OF THE NAACP
A deadly race riot in 1908 sparked the founding of the national NAACP. Its legacy of achievement has profoundly influenced civil rights and the fight against racial discrimination. Learn more about the history of the national NAACP here. https://www.naacp.org/nations-premier-civil-rights-organization/
As the nation’s largest and most prominent civil rights organization, the NAACP’s role is just as important today as the day it was founded. From the dark days of the Camp Logan riots in 1917, the NAACP has been fighting for civil rights and social justice. It took many years, but the relentless work of the NAACP did finally free the unjustly imprisoned soldiers. Some soldiers served as many as 20 years before their release, the NAACP never gave up the fight to free them.
For more than 100 years, the NAACP has been an important part of this community and the lives of many. The next 100 years will prove to be just as critical as a new generation of leaders take the rein to bring this organization even higher while helping to develop future generations of civil rights leaders.
When We Fight, We Win
Our Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
Our Vision
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
Officers
Ravis Martinez
President
Sharon Patterson
Vice President / Treasurer
Marja Broussard
Assistant Secretary- Treasurer
Karen Babineaux
Secretary
Assistant Secretary / Treasurer
Executive Committee
(2020-2021)
Ariel Michelle
Azadeh Yazdi
Dr. Christopher Williams
Consuela Gaines
John Milton, Esq.
Judy Yokum
Dr. Rick Nash
Sharon Patterson