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NAACP

American

Or N.A.A.C.P.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

NAACP British

abbreviation

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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At an October 2025 job fair hosted by the NAACP, Bross said that there were over 4,000 people who registered and 80% of them were Black women.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

Working with the NAACP, it contributed to a series of lawsuits that would ultimately help overturn the Plessy v.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

“We must all understand that Black history is American history,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Miss Brown and Mr Carter, along with the Virginia NAACP, are hoping that their lawsuit will dissuade other school boards from honouring Confederate leaders and slave-holders.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

On May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren read the Court’s unanimous decision in a collection of school segregation cases brought by the NAACP.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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