Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

Since the founding of the NAACP, not a single person has lived in the United States whose life has not been positively and significantly touched and influenced by this organization.  Because of its existence, every American is better off than forebearers in 1909, although still far from free where the blight of racism and various forms of exploitation and oppression are concerned.  Because of the work of the NAACP the entire nation is better off than in 1909, despite the fact that progressive persons still must struggle long and hard before the words “the land of the free and home of the brave” will have their highest meaning.

The NAACP must remain strong because racism remains strong.  The struggle continues …

MISSION STATEMENT:

The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

OBJECTIVES:

• To ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens
• To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
• To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
• To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights 
• To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
• 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 Constitution.