2. Black People Answer: The Foundation of the NAACP African-American History Mr. Brown

3. Out of Necessity… The NAACP was founded by suprisingly a diverse group on February 12, 1909 by W.E.B. Du Bois (___________), Ida Wells- Barnett (_____________), Henry Moscowitz (__________), Mary White Ovington (_______), Oswald Garrison Villard (___________ __________), and William English Walling (____________________ ____________. The goal of the group was to work on behalf of the rights of minorities including Native Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, as well as Jews.

4. Violence in Lincoln’s Hometown The _______________ of 1908 in Abraham Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Illinois the previous summer had highlighted the urgent need for a large civil rights organization in the U.S. This event is often cited as the spark that initiated the formation of the ________.

5. Fighting “Jim Crow” In its early years, the NAACP concentrated on using the _________ to overturn the __________ statutes that legalized racial discrimination. In 1913, the NAACP organized opposition to President Woodrow Wilson's introduction of _________ ______________into federal government policy.

6. Fighting Lynching in the South The NAACP devoted much of its energy during the inter-war years to fighting the ________ of blacks throughout the United States. The organization sent Walter F. White to Phillips County, Arkansas, in October, 1919, to investigate the Elaine Race Riot in which more than ___________ black tenant farmers were killed by roving white vigilantes and federal troops after a deputy sheriff's attack on a union meeting of sharecroppers left one white man dead.

7. Working Toward Desegregation The NAACP's Legal department, headed by Charles Hamilton Houston and _______________, undertook a campaign spanning several decades to bring about the reversal of the “________________” doctrine announced by the Supreme Court's decision in ______________.

8. Difficulties for the NAACP in the 1990s In the 1990s, the NAACP ran into debt, and the dismissal of two leading officials further added to the picture of an organization in deep crisis. Social issues such as the 1992 riots also helped to lead to the organization’s loss of influence.

9. Outlook for the Future While the NAACP enjoyed a resurgence during the early 21 st century, it still faces many of the issues it had to deal with during the 1990s. The organization currently focuses on issues of _______________ and ________________. One important focus is closing the academic achievement gap between black and white students.