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 • Dec. 12, 2023

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 • Apr. 6, 2023

"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

One very vocal opponent of the tide of ethnic imitation was the writer, civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, W. E. B. Du Bois.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall