2. 1909
NAACP ON FEBUARY 12TH NAACP WAS FOUNDED BY A MULTIRACIAL GROUP OF ACTIVISTS.
WAS FOUNDERS INCLUDE IDA WELLS-BARNETT, W.E.B. DUBOIS, HENRY MOSCOWITZ,
FOUND MARY WHITE OVINGTON, OSWALD GARRISON VILLIARD, AND WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING.
5. 1915
FIRST IN 1915 THE NAACP TOOK A FEW CASES AGAINST THE GRANDFETHER CLAUSE AND AGAINST
SUCCESSFUL THE THE WHITE DOMINATION OF PRIMARIES AND MOB VIOLENCE TO COURT AND
LITIGATION HAD A FEW VICTORIESFOR THE FIST TIME.
12. 1935
A BLACK
NAACP LAWYERS CHARLES HOUSTON AND THURGOOD MARSHALL WIN THE LEGAL BATTLE TO
STUDENT IN
ADMIT A BLACK STUDENT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.
UNIVERSITY
13. 1941
THE POLL THE NAACP AND AND TRADE UNIONS PROMOTED A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO ABOLISH THE
TAX POLL TAX.
14.
15. 1946
MORGAN THE NAACP WINS THE MORGAN VS. VIRGINIA CASE,
VS. WERE THE SUPREME COURT BANS STATES FROM HAVING LAWS THAT SANCTION SEGREGATED
VIRGINIA FACILITIES IN INTERSTATE TRAVEL BY TRAIN OR BUS.
16. 1948
PRESSURE
THE NAACP WAS ABLE TO PRESSURE PRESIDENT HARRY TRUMAN TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
ON THE
BANNING DISCRIMINATION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
PRESIDENT
20. 1955
REFUSING
NAACP MEMBER ROSA PARKS WAS ARRESTED AND FINED FOR NOT GIVING UP HER SEAT ON A
TO GIVE UP
SEGREGATED BUS IN MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
HER SEAT
22. 1960
IN GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA,
YOUTH MEMBERS OF THE NAACP YOUTH COUNCIL LAUNCH A SERIES OF NON-VIOLENT SIT-INS AT
COUNCIL SEGREGATED LUNCH COUNTERS. THESE PROTESTS EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MORE THAN 60
STORES OFFICIALLY DESEGREGATING THEIR COUNTERS.
23. 1963
MEDGAR E.
NAACP’S FIRST FIELD DIRECTOR, MEDGAR EVERS (KNOWN FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL AT THE
GOT
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT) IS ASSASSINATED IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE IN JACKSON / MISSISSIPPI
MURDERED
24.
25. 1964
CONGRESS
U.S. SUP CT. ENDS THE 8 YEAR EFFORT OF ALABAMA OFFICIALS TO BAN NAACP ACTIVITIES.
PASSES THE
55 YEARS AFTER THE NAACP’S FOUNDING, CONGRESS FINALLY PASSES THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.
ACT
27. 1965
THE VOTING AT IS PASSED.
VOTING ACT
AFTER THE THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND EFFORTS OF STATES AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
IS PASSED
THE NAACP STILL MANAGES TO REGISTER MORE THAN 80.000 VOTERS IN OLD SOUTH.
29. 1998
DARK BLUE
NAACP PRESIDENT KWEISI MFUME AND OTHERS PROTESTS THE DARK BLUE UNIFROMS AND
UNIFORMS
RIOT GEAR OF POLICE. AT THE END OF THE MARCH, MFUME AND 18 OTHERS WERE ARRESTED.
OF POLICE