The work of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination (www.naacp.org).

The NAACP is very active, mostly in the United States. Most of the NAACP's efforts are centered around fair access. Whether it be access to housing, economic resources, or education. The NAACP stands for those less who are discriminated against based on the colour of their skins.An important part of NAACP litigation from its earliest years until the middle of the century was its campaign against residential segregation--a campaign that did not really end until Congress passed the Fair Housing Act of 1968.

By 1914, the NAACP had over 6,000 members and 50 branches. It was influential in winning the right of African Americans to serve as officers in the first World War. Six hundred African-American officers were commissioned and 700,000 men registered for the draft (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/the-civil-rights-movement-in-america-1945-to-1968/naacp/).
The NAACP is an important part of American History and it's future. It is not their purpose to cure human issues as they relate to race, but to …show more content…
Being a sub-political organization, they have taken heat for supporting some very radical political groups, such as the Black Panthers, and the Black Power movement. The fight that they fight is a human one, not a political one however. Discrimination is a human trait. It is almost illogical in a sense,not to notice the differences between two things. Thus, there struggle, in my opinion, is one of the mind. Everyone is conditioned to believe that they belong to a certain group, or align themselves with a particular belief system. It is difficult to pin-point where they will succeed or