NAACP

American civil rights organization National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleAbbreviationNAACPFormationFebruary 12, 1909; 117 years ago (1909-02-12)FoundersW. E. B. Du BoisMary White OvingtonMoorfield StoreyIda B. WellsLillian WaldHenry MoskowitzTax ID no.38-4108034Legal status501(c)(4) Civic Leagues and Social Welfare OrganizationsHeadquartersBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.Members300,000ChairmanLeon W. RussellPresident and CEODerrick JohnsonMain organBoard of directorsPublicationThe CrisisBudget$24,800,000 (2019)Websitewww.naacp.org Part of a series on ethnicAfrican Americans History Periods Timeline Atlantic slave trade Abolitionism in the United States Slavery in the colonial history of the US Revolutionary War Antebellum period Slavery and military history during the Civil War Reconstruction era Politicians Juneteenth Civil rights movement (1865–1896) Jim Crow era (1896–1954) Civil rights movement (1954–1968) Black power movement Post–civil rights era Aspects Agriculture history Black Belt in the American South Business history Military history Treatment of the enslaved Migrations Great Migration Second Great Migration New Great Migration CultureLifeways Dance