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Want to contribute? Help edit National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Wikipedia's current Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve it to featured article standard.

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. Founded in 1909, the group is best known for its work on behalf of blacks. Members of the NAACP have ...

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