The Civil Rights Movement in America was a large step in the direction of equality for many oppressed groups and minorities. But the movement wasn't just limited to the United States. W. E. B. Du Bois, a Harvard scholar and Civil Rights leader, became a leading advocate for African Americans all over the world.In 1909 Du Bois founded The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP was the Country's most enduring civil rights organization. It started as protest against lynching and still maintains anti-lynching as a core value of the organization. Marches were made by both blacks and whites in the NAACP for violence against blacks.
The NAACP was a supporter of non-violent protest. The goals of NAACP were achieved through the judicial system or peaceful protest. NAACP won the case against grandfather clauses in 1917. And during the larger civil rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s the NAACP won Brown vs. Board of Education for desegregation of schools and organized the March on Washington, one of the largest civil rights rallies in US history. NAACP also lobbied successfully for the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act during the 60s leading to large advances for racial and gender equality.
Today the NAACP focuses on issues such as job inequality, healthcare, and education. The also protect voting rights and push for the removal of confederate flags from public property. All of their work as helped to make the world a better place of blacks. Even before the larger movement of the civil rights era the NAACP has been fighting for black equality.Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-civil-rights-movement/Du-Bois-to-Brown
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/w-e-b-du-bois
https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/naacp
I think this post is very insightful as it details the core values of NAACP and how the organization has been influential. Since it was founded it 1909, the NAACP has won many legal battles. One of the most influential leaders of this organization was Charles Houston who was appointed in 1935 to be the first Special Counsel of the NAACP. Houston was the main strategist for the NAACP's campaign to end segregation. Under his "equalization strategy", lawsuits were filed demanding that the facilities provided for black students be made equal to those of white students. Houston successfully argued many cases under this strategy including Murray v. Maryland and Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada. Overall, Houston and the NAACP had a big impact on the movement for desegregation of schools.
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https://www.naacp.org/naacp-legal-team/naacp-legal-history/
I liked how you listed out the values of the NAACP and what they protested. One thing I thought was interesting that you did not include in your blog post was that one of the founders was Ida B. Wells who was an African American journalist during the early days of the Civil Rights Movement who led anti-lynching crusades in the US during the 1890s. She was also a very influential figure for women who were viewed as inferior/powerless during this time.
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I enjoyed this blog post because you highlighted what the values of the NAACP are and what they fought for. This was probably the largest Civil Rights organization in America and they were relatively peaceful. Through their successful protesting methods they were able to gain freedoms for the colored people. There were other groups like the Black Panther Party who armed black people but in the end all these parties had one goal, to desegregate
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