NAACP World War II membership brochure
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a brochure published by the NAACP encouraging recipients to donate and become a member. It includes two excerpts of letters written by soldiers that assert the importance of the organization and urge others to donate. It also contains an inventory of funds the United States Army and Navy contributed to the NAACP, as well as a list of it's achievements.
Dates
- approximately 1942
Creator
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Organization)
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Biographical / Historical
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868-1963), Ida B. Wells (1862-1931), and Mary White Ovington (1865-1951) founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909 to advocate for equal rights and to eliminate racial prejudice in the United States, particularly against African Americans. The organization played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement by campaigning to overturn disenfranchisement and racial segregation legislation. Specifically, it brought cases to the Supreme Court, including Brown v. Board of Education, and lobbied for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The NAACP also helped coordinate, and provided legal support for, peaceful protests such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955-1956 and the 1963 March on Washington. In later years the organization has focused on the criminal justice system and job inequality.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2002
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- Title
- NAACP World War II membership brochure
- Subtitle
- ahc.MSS983f
- Author
- Charlsie Wemple
- Date
- July 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository