The NAACP is nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization, created in 1909 to empower and protect African Americans under the Constitution through principles of equal justice under the law.
LC data base, 1/2/90 (hdg.: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; usage: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; NAACP; N.A.A.C.P.)
Beyond the Rodney King Story, c1994 CIP t.p. verso (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) galley (NAACP is nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. It was created in 1909 to empower and protect African Americans under the constitution through principles of equal justice under the law)
Wikipedia, Aug. 31, 2009 (Niagara Movement; black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W.E.B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter; in 1911 membership of the Niagara Movement joined with a number of white liberals to form the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP))
Email from MaU, Sept. 1, 2009 (Although it is historically accurate to say that the NAACP and the Niagara Movement shared membership, they are generally recognized as being 2 distinct organizations)
Its website, June 19, 2014 home page (NAACP; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) history (founded Feb. 12, 1909) contact (National Headquarters, 4805 Mt. Hope Drive, Baltimore MD 21215) http://www.naacp.org
