National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American [civil rights]? organization.

Founded as the American Negro Committee in 1909 by a multiracial group of activists, the NAACP was one of the leading organizations involved in the civil rights struggle of the 1960s and 70s.

External links:

• http://www.naacp.org/