National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
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Born from the Niagara Movement, led by William E. B. DuBois, the NAACP
has had a volatile birth and a lively history (Beifuss 17:E4). The impetus for
the creation of the
came in the summer of 1908. Severe race riots in Springfield, Illinois,
prompted William English Walling to write articles qu ....
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.... as "The Call",
was released. This statement reiterated the treatment of the black race since
1865. Many notable figures in history signed "The Call" , e.g., Ida Wells
Barnett, Jane Adams, W.E.B. DuBois and John Dewey. In a matter of two months,
another conference was held. As a result of that conference, the NAACP was born.
A distinct factor of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, which set it apart from its congruent movement, the Niagara Movement,
was involveme ....
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