The NAACP and Violence Against African-americans

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“According to the Tuskegee Institute figures, between the years 1882 and 1951, 4,730 people were lynched in the United States: 3,437 Negro and 1,293 white” (Yale). For decades African Americans would have to endure the hatred, unfairness, and lynching from a large portion of the white community. It was only till large organized groups such as the NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, formed that things really began to change for African Americans. The NAACP started over 100 years ago and has remained a very influential and active organization over those 100 years. Although it would take time the NAACP and other groups would eventually make life as an African American in the United States safe, secure, and equal.
The NAACP was formed in response to the massive amount of violence toward African Americans in the United States. It was first started by a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, and famous African Americans such as
W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells (NAACP). “the NAACP's stated goal was to secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution, which promised an end to slavery, the equal protection of the law, and universal adult male suffrage, respectively” (NAACP). The NAACP soon set up their first national office in New York City in 1910. They then elected a president to lead the organization, Moorfield Storey (NAACP). The NAACP grew quickly and eventually set up offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Baltimore, and many more locations. It grew from 9,000 to 90,000 between 1917 and 1919 (NAACP). Although the NAACP was making good progress, things came to a halt after the great stock m...

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