About Us 

The NAACP is the largest and the oldest Civil Rights organization. Founded in 1909 by a multi-racial group of citizens committed to justice.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has attracted over 20 million members in its 95 year history.

Mission Statement
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.

Vision Statement
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights and there is no racial hatred or racial discrimination.

Objectives
The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution:

The principal objectives of the Association shall be:

• 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 this Constitution.