Sparked by a deadly race riot in Springfield, Illinois in 1908, W.E.B. DuBois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and a group of people that included seven African Americans and several white liberals, founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on February 12, 1909. The group’s mission called to “ensure political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate racial prejudice”. The NAACP advocates for social justice and equal treatment for all. Widely known and recognized nationally and internationally, with more than half-million members, it is the voice of equality and civil rights for a number of issues including education, health, economic opportunity and environmental and climate justice.
For more information about the NAACP, W.E.B. DuBois and Ida B. Wells-Barnet, go to http://www.naacp.org/, https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-E-B-Du-Bois, http://www.blackpast.org/aah/barnett-ida-wells-1862-1931