The Birth of the NAACP | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Learn how the 1908 riot in Springfield, Illinois, galvanized Black and White civil rights activists and leaders to form a national organization to combat race-based violence and fight for Black Americans’ equality in this clip excerpted from Forgotten Hero | American Experience. W. E. B. Du Bois suggested that they call this new organization the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Its goals were political, legal, and social equality for Black Americans.