NAACP legal definition of NAACP
NAACP. Founded in 19, the organization formerly known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and now called simply NAACP is the oldest and largest Civil Rights organization in the United States. Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with a staff of more than 220 persons, the interracial NAACP works for the elimination of racial discrimination through Lobbying ...