Winston-Salem Chapter
About The NAACP
The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People
The NAACP's principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of
A Brief History of the NAACP
For more than 100 years our nation's premier civil rights organization has fought for human rights, voting rights, economic rights. The NAACP's stated goal was to work to secure the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution.
Founded on February 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, formed in New York City. When
W.E.B. DuBois (William Edward Burghardt DuBois) founded The Crisis, a magazine, which became the official publication of the NAACP, in 1910. One of
The NAACP began to lead the 'struggle' through the legal system. Several noteworthy court cases were championed by the NAACP. The landmark
During the
Shaping the hearts and minds of people, at home and abroad, has been the legacy of the NAACP. Through demonstrations, marches, legislative accomplishments, electoral initiatives
The History of the NAACP in North Carolina
In 1917 the first three North Carolina branches of the NAACP were created. Following the creation of the organization several years earlier. Their mission was to confront lynching, and fair employment; also to promote voter
Robert F. Williams, formerly the president of the NAACP branch of Monroe, North Carolina, advocated self-defense. A national debate among civil rights groups over violent versus nonviolent tactics intensified; his 1962 book Negroes with Guns, allegedly, had a profound influence on Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton.
The 1960 Greensboro sit-ins, presented another challenge to the national NAACP's courts-oriented approach to activism. Its methods appeared mild to some civil rights activists. The state and local NAACP leaders have amassed an impressive list of civil rights victories on behalf of North Carolina's African Americans and other minorities. As of 2006, there were 101 NAACP branches in the state.
On Saturday, February 14th, 2009, the NC NAACP marked its 100th anniversary by bringing historic thousands of North Carolinians of all colors and races to its third annual People's Assembly on Jones Street.
Meet the 2021-2023 Winston-Salem NAACP Officers...
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Al Wadood Jabbar
President

London McKinney
1st Vice-President

Tonya D. McDaniel
2nd Vice-President

Doris Moore
3rd Vice-President

Arnethia Brown
Assistant Secretary

LaGail Lowe
Treasurer

Reginald McCaskill
Parliamentarian