Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this resolution recognizes the 101st anniversary of the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This resolution also praises the NAACP for its work to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality of all persons. The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909, in New York City. It was the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The NAACP is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States today. In 1913, the NAACP organized opposition to racial segregation in Federal Government offices. The NAACP also played a key role in securing the rights of African Americans to serve as officers in World War I. Throughout the past century, the NAACP has worked to achieve equality of rights for all persons through nonviolence. The NAACP's mission also includes the elimination of racial hatred and racial discrimination. After World War I, for example, the NAACP expended significant resources in an effort to combat the lynching of African Americans throughout the United States. The NAACP centered its efforts around education and lobbying for legislation. In later years, the NAACP's leadership was instrumental in bringing about the passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960 and 1964; the Voting Rights Act of 1965; and the desegregation of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.…”