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** (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)  ** ** February 12, 1909  ** The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, the 100th birthday of Abraham Lincoln. It was founded for the purpose of "Ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination." In 1905, a group of 32 prominent, outspoken African Americans met to discuss the challenges facing "people of color" in the U.S. and possible strategies and solutions. On May 30 1909, the Niagara Movement conference took place at New York City's //Henry Street Settlement House//, from which an organization of more than 40 individuals emerged, calling itself the National Negro Committee. Today the NAACP has over 400,000 members and counting.
 * Founding of the NAACP **

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