About Us
Our Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
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Vision Statement
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.
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Objectives
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution – the principal objectives of the Association shall be:
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To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens
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To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
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To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
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To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights
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To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
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To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP’s Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.
history
Our work and our activists carrying the civil rights torch forward are our legacy. Since our founding in 1909, we have been, and continue to be, on the front lines of the fight for civil rights and social justice.
our founders
In 1908, a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, eruptions of anti-black violence – particularly lynching – were horrifically commonplace, but the Springfield riot was the final tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP. Appalled at this rampant violence, a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald Garrison Villard (both the descendants of famous abolitionists), William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz issued a call for a meeting to discuss racial justice. Some 60 people, seven of whom were African American (including W. E. B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and Mary Church Terrell), signed the call, which was released on the centennial of Lincoln's birth.
baltimore branch history
COMING SOON
our leadership
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Rev. Kobi Little – President
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Joshua Harris – Vice President
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Rev. Rodney Morton – Vice President
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James Brown – Secretary
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Dea Thomas – Assistant Secretary
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Dr. Bowyer Freeman – Treasurer
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William Honablew, Esq. – Assistant Treasurer
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Carlton Douglass – Executive Committee At-Large
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Lisa Hodges-Hiken, Esq. – Executive Committee At-Large
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Robyn Murphy – Communications
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Klara Annibal – Health
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Ricarra Jones – Labor
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NasShona Kess, Esq. – Legal Redress
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Nicole Chang – Public Safety
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Rev. Milton Williams – Religious Affairs
committees
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights in order to eliminate race-based discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of all persons.
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Address
8 West 26th. St., Baltimore, MD 21218