1909–1910
Civil rights organizingBook sources
The NAACP emerges from a campaign against racial violence and exclusion
New York City; United States
Black and white activists convened a national conference in 1909 in response to racial violence and the denial of equal rights. The resulting organization pursued campaigns against lynching, segregation and disfranchisement.
Dates preserve the source’s precision. This entry is part of a selected historical record; its qualifications and sources are retained below.
Context / qualification
1909 marks the founding campaign and conference; the NAACP name was adopted in 1910. Black activists, including veterans of earlier organizing, were central participants rather than merely recipients of white assistance.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States, chapter 13, pp. 349; supplied print pages, edition/year unidentified
- Library of Congress: NAACP Founding and Early Years ↗