History of the United States II / Unit 6 USH2 0777 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The NAACP
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The idea
After the Springfield, Illinois, race riot, Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Mary Church Terrell were among the founders of the NAACP in nineteen oh nine.
In practice
An investigative bureau for lynchings and a task force for federal legislation.
Where people slip
Du Bois edited its magazine, The Crisis, for more than two decades. The Yawp calls the NAACP the Niagara Movement's offspring.
Your place on the trail
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