National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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As of November 2026, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been mentioned in one podcast episode on American History Tellers (May 2025). The NAACP is highlighted as a key organization in the fight for civil rights during the Progressive Era, marking the beginning of the modern civil rights movement.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, Ida B. Wells, Lillian Wald, Emil G. Hirsch and Henry Moskowitz. Over the years, leaders of the organization have included Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins. The NAACP is the largest and oldest civil rights group in America.