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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Also Known As NAACP • National Negro Committee
Date 1909 - present
Headquarters Baltimore • New York City
Areas Of Involvement civil rights • Spingarn Medal
Related People Fred Shuttlesworth • Rosa Parks • W.E.B. Du Bois • Madam C.J. Walker • Robert Williams • Daisy Lampkin • Daisy Bates • Ida B. Wells-Barnett • Septima Poinsette Clark • Shirley Chisholm • Florence Kelley • Jim Clyburn • Lugenia Burns Hope • Ella Baker • Marian Wright Edelman

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