The NAACP’s primary mission is to end racial discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation and to ensure Black Americans their constitutional rights. Founded in 1909 after race riots in Springfield, Illinois, the NAACP fought against lynching, secured a historic victory with the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education that struck down the constitutionality of “separate but equal” accommodations for the races, and gave voice to Black writers and artists.
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