NAACP Impact on Civil Rights

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NAACP IMPACT ON CIVIL RIGHTS

I. PLAN OF INVESTIGATION

Civil Rights are the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was a main contributor to the development of civil rights. The NAACP is a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the United States. This group was in response to cruel discrimination to African Americans and fought to earn civil rights. Civil Rights are rights that were founded from the 13th and 14th amendments of the U.S. constitution. When these rights are present they usually correspond to a minority or ethnic group rather than a whole nation of people. In this case, the minority group allocated is the African-Americans. The NAACP was a founding campaign to stress the importance of equal rights to mainly african americans due to hardship, repression, and ancestral abuse from the birth of this nation, America.

In the following paragraphs, I will be discussing how the NAACP developed civil rights in the U.S. and increased the opportunities of minorities most importantly african americans. Also, the foundations of the NAACP will be discussed and its importance as a major black foundation with the help of whites throughout the nation. These paragraphs will institute a basic understanding of the NAACP and contributing factors to the success. I will be explaining the credibility of particular sources with founding information on this civil rights organization. Information will be given on events based on the work of the NAACP from 1909 to the 1960’s. Most importantly I will clarify the importance of the NAACP in being the top influence for civil rights to people domestically and globally.

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