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The NAACP have played a very important part in the civil rights movement. The initials stand for the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Brief early history 1909 to 1945. The NAACP was founded in 1909 by a group of multi-racial activists.It was originally called the National Negro Committee.he NAACP have played a very important part in the civil rights movement. The initials stand for the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Brief early history 1909 to 1945. The NAACP was founded in 1909 by a group of multi-racial activists. It was originally called the National Negro Committee.
On February 12, 1909, a diverse group of people, whites, blacks and Jews founded the NAACP. Many founders were also part of the Niagra Movement. The goal of the group was to fight for civil rights in the U.S., and many claim that the 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois sparked its formation. Founding Members of the NAACP W.E.B. Du Bois â an historian and Pan-Africanist, who was the first African-American to earn a doctorate and become a professor. Ida B. Wells â an African-American newspaper editor and journalist.