NAACP (The power in an organization making a difference).

NAACP( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

The NAACP was one of the most prostiege and organized organizations created for colored people in the early 90s. This group was formed with many different people getting involved and making a difference, some of the people you will learn about are people that you may or mat have not ever heard of or people that you have heard of but you had no idea they were involved in the NAACP. This speacial people invoved in this group were all for the success and betterment of not only their people but people all around the world. On a daily basis they would try to make a difference in the lives of their brothers and sisters and I am please to say that they are part of the reason I sit here infront of a laptop in one of the best schools in the world and providing you with this information, I myself would like to give a personal Thank you.

The New Negro Movement

The new negro movement was a series of the most monumental moments for the

African American culture, this was an introduction into the arts, music, fashion and culture.

The Great Depression

The depression was another one of the milestones for African Americans,

they were given a little more opportunites but they were not equal opportunies.

This was an era of the industrial working conditiond that the

African American people and the Harlem renassance era.

World War Two and The Post War Years

During this time of course there was a war going on so the country was dealing with that, but there were also still many things brewing within the communities of African Americans and trying to get many bill pasted to make differences within their own communities.

The Civil Rights Era

During the civil rights era it should come to know suprise that African Americans were not considered to need an education the same as Caucasian children but most of the time they were not even looked at as smart enough to learn. The NAACP was one of the organization that helped out alot with the different situations that occured during this time.

Some early members

Joel and Arthur Spingarn, Josephine Ruffin, Mary Talbert, Inez Milholland, Jane Addams, Florence Kelley, Sophonisba Breckinridge, John Haynes Holmes, Mary McLeod Bethune, George Henry White, Charles Edward Russell, John Dewey, William Dean Howells, Lillian Wald, Charles Darrow, Lincoln Steffens, Ray Stannard Baker, Fanny Garrison Villard, Walter Sachs and W.E.B Du Bois.

Power

The incredible thing about the NAACP

is that they had many powerful people

in the organization, and this was a great

benefit for this group and all the accomplishments they have obtained over the

years. I will be telling you the history of

that power and then giving my own

interpretations of how certain situations that

took place would be different if the power

were to be taking out of the NAACP.

Education:

Langston Hughes

Ida B Wells Barrett

History Of NAACP

Lynching of Jesse Washington

Lynching of Laura Nelson

After Pod Results

For my point of divergence I have decided

from the research I have done that I will be taking the following people out of the NAACP, they are WEB. Du Bois and Ida B wells Barett. These to people gave have contributed alot of different things and people that they havehelped has been remarkable.

Web. Du. Bois was one of the most influential people in the NAACP and he had many accomplishments while being involved he was in charger as a co founder of the group. He had been involved with the niagra movement and he was one of the first African Americans to go to Harvard and get a PHD. He was also involved in a lot of civil rights and race riots where he got many people on the colored side to bring in more power because DU Bois was familiar with many people and he felt as though he could get many different people on their side this would work for a long time but eventually funding was not in the best interest for the NAACP.

Ida . B Wells was a remarkable woman not only did she fight against discrimination based on race but she also fought against discrimination based upon gender Ida B Wells was not fighting for one indecency but she was fighting for two.

POD #1

In 1892 three of Ida's friends were lynched. Names Thomas Moss Calvin Mc Dowell and Henry Stewart, they owned a grocery store and their store was located near a white own business and it was affecting them. The white business owners were inferiated by the lack of business they were getting so they decided to attack their business but while this haooened the balc owners fought bak creating a small war where one of the whote men were killed this led to the lynching of the black men. This was a big wake up call to the people in the south they were furious with what occured they realized this was a bigger deal and they realized the people of memphis would boycott the white owned business and ida b from this action taking place was moved more then she had ever felt, before when this was happening it to her culture, but now this was personal. She also came up with a speech in response to this tradegy.

Free Speech

The city of Memphis has demonstrated that neither character nor standing avails the Negro if he dares to protect himself against the white man or become his rival. There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms. The white mob could help itself to ammunition without pay, but the order is rigidly enforced against the selling of guns to Negroes. There is therefore only one thing left to do; save our money and leave a town which will neither protect our lives and property, nor give us a fair trial in the courts, but takes us out and murders us in cold blood when accused by white persons.

2011

Today we still have many people who do not

have the proper education and we are still fighting we still think about what could have been if we would have made the NAACP with white people involved but I guess further in the future we will know.