National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

American  

noun

1. an interracial U.S. organization working for political and civil equality of Black people: organized in 1910. NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Cultural  

1. An organization that promotes the rights and welfare of black people. The NAACP is the oldest civil rights organization in the United States, founded in 1909. Among the NAACP's achievements was a lawsuit that resulted in the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown versus Board of Education, in 1954, which declared the segregation of public schools unconstitutional. (See also W. E. B. DuBois and separate but equal.)

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Example Sentences

"Lift Every Voice and Sing" was written by James Weldon Johnson, a civil rights activist and leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in 1900.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023

Mr. Jealous, 50, chief executive of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 2008 to 2013, is the first person of color to lead the Sierra Club.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2023

In a statement issued before the president's announcement, Wisdom Cole, the college and youth director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said that $10,000 debt forgiveness was "not enough".

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2022

Founded on Feb. 12, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed as the nation struggled to build a post-abolition multiracial democracy amid violence against Black people.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2022

She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling