 The mission of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational,
social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial
hatred and racial discrimination. The NAACP was formed in 1909 in New York City
by a group of black and white citizens committed to helping to right social
injustices. On February 12, over the signatures of 60 persons, the “Call” was
issued for a meeting on the concept of creating an organization that would be
an aggressive watchdog of Negro liberties. This event mars the founding of the
NAACP. The New York Evening Post backed the organization.
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is
to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no
racial hatred or racial discrimination.
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP
Constitution:
The principal objectives of the Association shall be:
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To ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all
citizens
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To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens
of the United States
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To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
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To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state and local laws securing
civil rights
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To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to
seek its elimination
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To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful
action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in
furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles
of Incorporation and this Constitution.
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