1 10 1 https://archive.englewoodmakeshistory.org/files/original/349568cb3da374916450ad276882225b.jpg 605e9c82cf80d193364a4c4c9d908d75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Organizations and Institutions Organizations and Institutions A group of individuals cooperating under similar beliefs to reach an agreed-upon goal. Metadata for organizations and institutions provides information for the basis of an investigation into the creation, purpose, beliefs, and actors involved in an organization and institution. Date Started 1909 Type of Institution Social Welfare Ethnic Source of File Attached <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP">“NAACP.”</a> Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 1 June 2024. <div></div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Subject The topic of the resource Activism, Civil Rights Activism, African American Description An account of the resource The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an interracial human rights organization. The mission of the organization was to abolish segregation and discrimination. It was founded in 1909 by a group of people including W.E.B. DuBois, Ida Bell, Wells-Barnett, and Mary Ovington. It gained traction due to the 1908 Springfield Race Riots in Illinois. Some founding members were involved with the Niagara Movement led by DuBois. Some of the most notable actions of the movement were its activism in Supreme Court cases that fought against Jim Crow Laws and Lynching in the 1910s and 1920s. The creation of the NAACP Defense and Education Fund in 1939 which litigated the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ending racial segregation in schools. They also won the 1946 Morgan v. Virginia, which ended segregation for interstate travel. The organization was extremely active and crucial during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The organization remains one of the oldest and most influential multiracial institutions. It continues to recognize and fight for political, educational, social, and economic rights and the elimination of race-based discrimination. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://www.britannica.com/topic/National-Association-for-the-Advancement-of-Colored-People">“National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.”</a> Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1 June 2024. <a href="https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/national-association-advancement-colored-people-naacp">“National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).”</a> The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. <div></div> Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ludder, Rachelle African American Civil Rights Race Segregation