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1908 Aug 14 |
A race war broke out in Springfield, Illinois. Angry over reports that a black man had sexually assaulted a white woman, a white mob wanted to take a recently arrested suspect from the city jail and kill him. Most blacks had fled the city, but as the mob swept through the area, they captured and lynched a black barber, Scott Burton, who had stayed behind to protect his home. Rioting continued the next day leaving a total of two blacks and 5 whites dead and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed. Some 4,000 state militiamen were required to quell the riot, which helped inspire the creation of the NAACP the following year. Links: USA, Black History, Illinois, NAACP, Lynching 
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1944 |
The NAACP meeting in Detroit held a symbolic funeral for Jim Crow. Links: USA, Black History, Michigan, NAACP
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1955 Mar 21 |
Walter White (b.1893), African American leader, died. As executive secretary (1931-1955) he built the NAACP into America’s most influential civil rights organization. In 2008 Thomas Dyja authored “Walter White: The Dilemma of Black Identity in America.” Links: USA, Black History, NAACP
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1976 Nov 6 |
Benjamin L. Hooks was chosen executive director of the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, succeeding Roy Wilkins. Links: USA, Black History, NAACP
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1977 Jul 28 |
Roy Wilkins turned over leadership of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to Benjamin L. Hooks (d.2010 at 85). Hoods continued as executive director to 1992. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Honor in 2007. Links: USA, Black History, NAACP
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1989 Dec 19 |
Police in Jacksonville, Fla., disarmed a parcel bomb at the local NAACP office, the fourth in a series of mail bombs to turn up in the Deep South. One bomb killed a Savannah, Ga., alderman, and another a federal judge in Alabama. Walter L. Moody Jr. was convicted in both bombings. Links: USA, Florida, NAACP
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1992 Feb 15 |
Benjamin L. Hooks announced plans to retire as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Links: USA, NAACP
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1992 Jul 11 |
Undeclared presidential hopeful Ross Perot, addressing the NAACP convention in Nashville, Tenn., startled and offended his listeners by referring to the predominantly black audience as "you people." Links: USA, Tennessee, NAACP
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1992 Jul 12 |
In an emotional farewell speech, Benjamin Hooks, outgoing executive director of the NAACP, urged the group's convention in Nashville, Tenn., to show the world that it remained vital. Links: USA, Tennessee, NAACP
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1994 Aug 20 |
Benjamin Chavis Junior was fired as head of the NAACP after a turbulent 16-month tenure. Links: USA, Black History, NAACP
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1995 Feb 18 |
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People replaced veteran chairman William Gibson with Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers, after the rank-and-file declared no confidence in Gibson's leadership. Links: NAACP
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1995 Feb 19 |
A day after being named the new chairwoman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Myrlie Evers-Williams outlined her plans for revitalizing the civil rights organization, saying she intended to take the group back to its roots. Links: NAACP
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1995 May 14 |
Myrlie Evers-Williams was sworn in to head the NAACP, pledging to lead the civil rights group away from its recent troubles and restore it as a political and social force. Links: USA, NAACP
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1995 Oct 9 |
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and former NAACP exec. Benjamin Chavis propose to lead a march of black men, "the million man march," on Washington DC on Oct. 16. Links: DC, NAACP, Islam
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1995 Dec 9 |
Rep. Kweisi Mfume (the Swahili name means conquering son of kings), D-Md., was chosen to head the NAACP. Links: Black History, NAACP
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1996 Feb 20 |
Kweisi Mfume began his job as President and CEO of the NAACP. Links: NAACP
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1997 Feb 23 |
Former NAACP leader Benjamin Chavis announced that he had joined the Nation of Islam led by ailing Louis Farrakhan. Links: NAACP, Islam
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1998 Feb 21 |
Julian Bond was elected chairman of the 64-member board of the NAACP. Links: USA, NAACP
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2000 Jul 10 |
Texas Governor George W. Bush, facing a skeptical audience, told the NAACP convention in Baltimore that "the party of Lincoln has not always carried the mantle of Lincoln," and promised to work to improve relations. Links: Texas, NAACP, BushGW
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2001 |
Vernon E. Jordon Jr., former Urban League president and NAACP director, authored his memoir "Vernon Can Read." Links: NAACP, Books, Biography
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2002 May 2 |
Dr. William F. Gibson (69), former head of the NAACP, died. Links: NAACP
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2003 Jul 17 |
Democrats Joe Lieberman, Dick Gephardt and Dennis Kucinich apologized to the NAACP for bypassing a presidential forum. Links: USA, NAACP
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2004 Nov 30 |
Kweisi Mfume (56), head of the NAACP, said he is stepping down. Links: USA, NAACP
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2006 Jul 20 |
President Bush delivered his first address to the 97th annual NAACP convention after having declining invitations for five years in a row. He received mixed support. Bush said he knew racism existed in America and that many black voters distrusted his Republican Party; Bush promised to improve the GOP's rocky relations with blacks. Links: USA, Black History, NAACP, BushGW
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2006 Oct 24 |
Enolia P. McMillan (b.1904), the first female president of the NAACP, died in Maryland. Links: USA, Maryland, Black History, NAACP
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2007 Mar 4 |
NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon announced he was quitting the civil rights organization after just 19 months at the helm, citing growing strain with board members over the group's management style and future operations. Links: USA, Black History, NAACP
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2007 Jul 9 |
The NAACP at its 98th annual meeting held a public burial for the N-word (nigger) racial slur in Detroit. In 1944 the NAACP held a symbolic funeral in Detroit for Jim Crow. Links: USA, Black History, Michigan, NAACP
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2015 Jun 15 |
In Washington state Rachel Dolezal (aka Nkechi Diallo) resigned as president of Spokane’s chapter of the NAACP just days after her parents said she is a white woman posing as a black. In 2018 Dolezal was charged with welfare fraud. In 2019 she reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud. Prosecutors said she had failed to report income from her book "In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World" (2017) in order to collect food and child care assistance. Links: USA, Black History, Washington, NAACP, Books
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2015 Jul 11 |
The NAACP passed a resolution lifting its 15-year economic boycott of South Carolina after the state took down a Confederate battle flag flying near its State House. Links: USA, South Carolina, NAACP
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2015 Aug 15 |
Julian Bond (b.1940, former Georgia state Representative and Senator, died in Florida. He helped start the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee. In 1998 he was elected chairman of the NAACP and served for ten years. Links: GeorgiaUS, USA, Black History, NAACP
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2021 Jan 18 |
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) launched a $40 million scholarship program to support a new generation of civil rights lawyers, dedicated to pursuing racial justice across the South, following a gift from a single anonymous donor. Links: USA, Donation, NAACP
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