The Beginning...
On February 12, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by 3 White civil rights activists, Mary White Ovington, William English Walling and Henry Moskowitz at a meeting in New York.
Concerned about the race riots and the future of Black civil rights in America, a group of 60 activists gathered in New York City on May 31st, 1909 to create the National Negro Committee. 53 committee members were White.
A year later, the National Negro Committee officially became the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The First Board of Directors...
Ø National
President, Moorfield
Storey, Boston ... White
Ø Chairman
of the Executive Committee, William English Walling ... White
Ø Treasurer, John E. Milholland a prominent New York Republican ...
White
Ø Disbursing
Treasurer, Oswald Garrison Villard ...
White
Ø Executive
Secretary, Frances Blascoer ... White
Ø Director
of Publicity and Research, W. E. B. Du Bois ...
Black
The First 4 Presidents of the NAACP...
1st President was Moorfield Storey 1910-1929 ... White
2nd President was Joel Elias Springan 1930-1939 ... White
3rd President was Author B. Springan 1940-1965 ... White
4th President was Kievie Kaplan 1966-1975 ... White
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