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

The national organization, founded as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, with a stated goal of support “for all marginalized people,” did not immediately respond to the Tribune’s requests for comment.

From Seattle Times

In a letter requesting a meeting with city officials and the chief, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter in Carroll County said the department’s statement lacked “sincerity” and “sensitivity toward minority residents.”

From New York Times

The following day, the head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People sent a similar letter voicing support for Prince George’s County as well.

From Slate

The riot and its aftermath fueled the formation a year later of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

From Seattle Times

Desiree Veney, a senior at Morgan State University in Baltimore and the vice president of her campus chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, plans to hit the road before dawn to join the demonstration.

From New York Times