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Feb 12, 2009: NAACP Centennial Celebration - New York, NY

NAACP PROFILES IN COURAGE

For more than ninety nine years, the NAACP built and grew on the collective courage of thousands of people. People of all races, nationalities and faiths united on one premise—that all men and women are created equal.

The nation's oldest civil rights organization has changed America's history. Despite violence, intimidation and hostile government policies, the NAACP and its grass-roots membership persevered.

Here are just a few of the NAACP's courageous moments. They have involved everyone from school children to laborers to professionals to presidents to just ordinary men and women, those who decided to champion what's right and just...

• NAACP
  Executive Secretaries, Executive Directors and Presidents & CEOs --1909 – Present
• Rosa Parks
• The Voting Rights Act
• Representative John Conyers
• Carter G. Woodson
• W.E.B. DuBois
• The Legacy of Harry T. and Harriette Moore
• Enolia P. McMillan
• Anti-Lynching Bill
• Costigan-Wagner Bill
• Anti-Lynching Bill Background
• History of Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing
• James Weldon Johnson
• Roy Wilkins
• Charles Hamilton Houston
• Medgar Evers
• Oscar Micheaux
• Mary White Ovington
• Dorothy Parker
• Myrlie Evers-Williams
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Henry Lee Moon Library & Civil Rights Archives

1. About the NAACP:
   1. Mission
   2. History
   3. Leadership
   4. Employment
   5. Publications & Resources
   6. Henry Lee Moon Library & Civil Rights Archives
2. Get Involved:
   1. Donate
   2. Membership
   3. Arrive with 5
3. Departments & Programs:
   1. Research, Advocacy, Training
   2. Legal
   3. Field Operations
   4. ACT-SO
   5. Development
   6. Prison Project
   7. Religious Affairs
   8. Women in the NAACP
   9. Youth & College
   10. Hollywood Bureau
   11. Washington Bureau
4. Youth Action:
   1. Youth & College
   2. NAACP ACT-SO
   3. Back To School/Stay In School
   4. Youth Entrepreneurial Institute
   5. Scholarship Information
5. Legal:
   1. History & Achievements
   2. Fields of Expertise
   3. Docket
   4. Amicus Briefs
   5. Awards
   6. Law Fellow Program
   7. Submit a Complaint
   8. Additional Resources
   9. Regional Oversight
   10. Publications
6. Policy & Advocacy:
   1. Education
   2. Economic Empowerment
   3. Health
   4. Criminal Justice
   5. Civic Engagement
   6. International Affairs
   7. Research
   8. Training
   9. StateNet Legislative Tracking Tool
7. News & Media:
   1. Press Releases
   2. The Crisis Magazine
   3. The NAACP Advocate
8. Events:
   1. NAACP 98th Annual Convention
   2. NAACP Leadership 500 Summit
   3. Image Awards