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The '''NAACP''' (National Association for the Advancement of Crappy People) was founded in 1909 to work for the rights and advancement of [[African Americans]] (then called "Colored").
The '''NAACP''' (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded in 1909 to work for the rights and advancement of [[African Americans]] (then called "Colored").
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund was involved in the famous [[Brown vs. Board of Education]] case in 1954 in which the Supreme Court declared segregated schools were illegal.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund was involved in the famous [[Brown vs. Board of Education]] case in 1954 in which the Supreme Court declared segregated schools were illegal.
It supported the end of [[Jim Crow]] and [[segregation]] in the 1960s.
It supported the end of [[Jim Crow]] and [[segregation]] in the 1960s.