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February 12, 2009

YOUNG VOICES

NAACP Celebrates 100th Anniversary
by Staff


 

The nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization turns 100 today and kicks off a one-year celebration (Click here for the NAACP timeline).

The Baltimore-based organization has come a long way in its 100-year history and recently drafted a list of priorities for the Obama administration's first year in office.

Image: NAACP Chairman Julian Bond looks at a 1963 portrait of himself when he was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

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Published February 12, 2009

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