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This Is the NAACP
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
(NAACP), founded in 1909 to
v;ork for full equality for Negro
Americans, is today the nation’s
largest civil rights organization
with more than 300,00D members
in 41 states and the District of
Columbia. There are 1,200 local
branches of the Association.
Any person who believes that the
Negro is entitled to all the right-
and privileges accorded other * •$'-
zen.s and who is willing to wor * t >
within the framework of the
American constitutional system, to
secure these rights may become a
member upon payment of a mini-
mum annual fee of $2.90. Oth< i
annual membership fees range
from $3.50, $5.00, $10.00, $25.00
and up. I here aie life
ships for adults at $ 500.00 and for
children under 13 at $i 00. While
predominantly Negro, membership
is open to all persons of what¬
ever race, color, faith or national
origin who believe in the NAACP
program, methods and goals.
The Association seeks to end
racial discrimination and segrega¬
tion in al! public aspects of Amor-
ican life. 1 his objective includes ■
equal justice under law; protec-
tion of the right to vote; personal
security against mob violence and 1
police brutality; the end of segre- ,
gation in public education,
transportation, , *• in housing, v, al 1 I
and recreation facilities, in libra-|
ries and museums, and in such
places of public accommodation as
hotels, theatres, restauianG a n d |
taverns.
, The basic policies of the Asso-
ciation are developed at its annual I
conventions by delegates elected to
represent local NAACP units. A
48-person Board of Directors, elect¬
ed by the branches, is responsible
for running the Association. The
Board holds monthly meetings. The
convention and Board policies are
carried out by an employed staff
headed by the Executive Secretary
who is chosen by the Board. At
the state and local levels the pro¬
gram is carried out by volunteer
officers heading the organization
at those levels. The stgff and
Board, like the membership, are
multi-racial and interfaith.
The NAACP works along three
main lines in pursuit of its goals.
It uses the courts of the land, state
and federal, to secure justice and
level jim crow barriers. It works
for enactment of laws at national,
state and local levels to protect
civil rights and ban racial discrim¬
ination. It carries on an educa¬
tional program in efforts to create
a Climate of opinion in favor of
equal rights and human brother¬
hood. Through these legal, legis¬
lative and educational programs
the NAACP seeks to attain its
goals. 1
Thoroughly American in its or¬
igin, philosophy and program, the
NAACP rejects communism and
refuses to cooperate with Commun¬
ist or Communist-dominated organ¬
izations. The Association has,
throughout its history, consistently
sternly and successfully, turned I
back open and undercover attempts |
of the Communist party to get into |
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Edgar Hoover devotes the major
part of a chapter in his 1958 book,
“Masters of Deceit,” to an account
of the NAACP’s success in shut-
j ting the Communists out. The
j Communists have smeared and
| vilified the Association as much
; as the most rabid anti-Negro
j newspaper The NAACP in the operates South.
on a
,, udl , et of aljout $ 750,000 a year.
^ os (. „f (j K , money comes from
j persons of mode t means who pay
the minimum annur! membership
( f( , e of $ 2 .00, half of which is re-
! uined by the local NAACP unit,
, vhjch the member join -. Addi-
tiona 1 income is supplied by other
, nenl t J(jrg hip fees ranging up to
500 Tht , Atociation rarely re-
ce j V(;s ] a , jr e gifts from individuals
or organizations. None comes
f rom tax-exempt foundations or
funds.
Although its membership of
320,000 represents only a small
fraction of the total Negro popu¬
lation, the NAACP is generally
regarded as the foremost spokes¬
man of the Negro community at
large. A Catholic Digest poll in
1957 indicated that more than 90
p (!r cent 0 f American Negroes ap-
p rove th,, p r „g;a.a, goals and puli-
eies ()f th< , Association. Most of
the country » s i ead j ng . Negro cita-
wn , associated with the or-
ranization in 0r " Way ° r another
as members, officers and direo
tors of the national organization,
Certainly, the NAACP speaks for
far more Negroes than its critic-
( j 0< There is no sub tantlal op-
position among Negroes to the
NAACP program,
The NAACP opposes racial seg-
rogation on moral, legal and eco¬
nomic g ounds. The sole purpose
of segregation is to keep the Ne¬
gro in a subordinate position. As
such it is the negation of the
Judeo-Christian ethic of univer¬
sal human brotherhood. It denies
the Negro humanity and brands
him as unfit to share equally in a
democratic society. The United
States Supreme Court has un¬
equivocally declared compulsory
segregation in the use of public
facilities an illegal abridgement
of the N gro’s constitutional
rights. Constitutionally guaran¬
teed rights may no longer lie cur¬
tailed solely on the basis of race
or color. Segregation is not only
immoral and illegal; it is also ab¬
surdly extravagant. States and
communities too poor to support
adequately a single integrated
school system burden themselves
with a dual system in order to
maintain an outmoded way of life.
Segregation is morally offensive,
legally untenable, and economi¬
cally wasteful.
In that it Seeks definite legis¬
lative objectives and keeps ' and
publicizes the records of public
officials and candidates for pub¬
lic office, the NAACP is political.
safe expert
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In that it endorses no
for office nor any political party,
it is a non-partisan organization.
The NAACP believes that civil
rights is everybody's business and
that no party has a monopoly on
it. In pursuit of its legislative
objectives, the Association seek:
bi-partisan support at all times.
It will applaud public officials
who support civil rights and de¬
nounce those who oppose such
rights, regardless of party. In a
democracy, legislation is the most
important product of political ac
tion.
Recognizing the power of the
ballot in the Fight for Freedom,
the NAACP has consistently
sought the enlargement of the Ne¬
gro vote in all sections of the
country. In 1958, the Association
launched an intensified two-year
campaign to increase the num¬
ber of Negro voters in the South¬
ern states from 1,250,000 in 1956
to 3,000,000 by the 1960 presiden-
tial election. This number of Ne-
gro voters in the South could help
regenerate Southern politics,
Meanwhile, the drive continues to
I expand the Negro vote in areas
outside of the South where, in
some states, it is already an im¬
portant balance-of-power factor.
The NAACP believes that mar¬
riage is a personal affair of con¬
cern primarily to the man and
woman involved. It is opposed to,
and advocates repeal of, state
laws placing racial restrictions on
the institution of marriage. It is
neither for nor against such un¬
ions. In this most intimate re¬
lationship, the NAACP maintains
there should be full freedom of
choice for the individuals con-
eerned.
The NAACP recognizes that
fundamental social changes cannot
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be achieved overnight. It fully
1 accepts the Supreme Court’s edict
that desegregation should be un¬
dertaken “with all deliberate
speed” which it interprets as
meaning making a prompt start in
good faith. Immediately after the
Court’s anti-segregation school de¬
cision of May 17, 1954, local
NAACP units in the affected
states offered to cooperate with
heir respective school boards in
vorking out plans to implement
he new ruling. That offer still
lands. The NAACP is utterly
opposed to standing still on the
desegregation issue and will ex¬
ert every possible effort to se¬
cure compliance with the Supreme
Couit ruling. The NAACP con¬
siders this course constitutional,
rational and moderate.
The criticism has been made
that the NAACP is a Northern
outfit meddling in Southern af¬
fairs and is motivated by arj anti-
South bias. This is riot true.
j Nearly half of the Association’s
j l° ca l units are located in the
j South. A third of its 48-member
| national board of directors lives
I ' n the South. The cases which
originate in the South are filed
on behalf of persons living in
that region. The NAACP is not
anti-South. On the eontrary it
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stands willing to .cooperate with
the South in solving the region’s
acute racial problems. The NAACP
is anti-bigotry, in the South as
well us in the North.
The NAACI* carries on a con¬
tinuing campaign to enlarge em¬
ployment, opportunities for Negro
workers so that they may share
more fully in the benefits of
j sooiation America’s rich economy. The As-
constantly works for en-
actment of Fair Employment
Practices (FEPC) laws at the
local, state and national levels. |
In turn, the Association repre-
ents victims of job discrimina- ,
tion before such FEPC groups or
appropriate boards. It cooper -1
ales with the organized labor
movement in efforts to eliminate
discrimination within trade un¬
ions and to open up new job op¬
portunities for minority group
workers.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
looks forward to the day when
there shall be no need for such
an organization. That day will
come when there is no longer any
racial discrimination anywhere in
our country. This is the goal of
the NAACP and in working to¬
wards this objective the Associa¬
tion is working for self-liquida¬
tion. The legal barriers to inte¬
gration are being steadily leveled,
but psychic barriers remain.
These, too, must be overcome be¬
fore racial discrimination and seg¬
regation are completely eliminated.
The NAACP believes that this is i
an attainable goal and is dedi- i
cated to its attainment
The above articie js presented;
by the Savannah Branch, Na->_
tional Association for The Ad¬
vancement of Colored People,
(NAACP), 1216%-B West Broad
street, Savannah, Georgia.
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