On February 12, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by a multiracial group of activists who answered "the call" in New York, NY. They were initially called the Negro National Committee. Founded in 1909, the NAACP, or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has been active in its attempts to innovate legally and create better opportunities for African Americans. In early 1909, about twenty people gathered in New York City in an effort to exploit the public interest generated by the Lincoln Centennial in support of African Americans. The history, function, purpose, and current activities of the organization are important in working for the rights of people of color, including Native Americans, African Americans, and Jews. (Janken 2003) It is true that the NAACP constitutes one of the progressive movements having won the greatest American victories against legal, and therefore political, oppression. . Within a few weeks, this number increased to around fifty, a third of whom came from cities other than New York. It is the nation's oldest civil rights organization that has changed American history. Despite violence, intimidation, and hostile government policies, the NAACP and its rank-and-file members persevered. One of the most famous members of the NAACP was Rosa Parks, known for her courageous actions when she was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, when she refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 1955. of the NAACP is in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional regional offices in California, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia and Texas. Each regional office is responsible for coordinating the efforts of the state conferences in...... middle of article ......ames & Kelling, George. “Broken Windows: Police and Neighborhood Safety.” Atlantic Monthly. (March): 29-38.Janken, Kenneth Robert. White: The Biography of Walter White, Mr. NAACP. New Press, 2003. Simon Topping; “‘Supporting Our Friends and Defeating Our Enemies’: Activism and Impartiality in the NAACP, 1936-1948,” The Journal of African American History, Vol. 89, 2004Barbara Joyce Ross, JE Spingarn and the Rise of the NAACP, 1911-1939 (1972)Mark Robert Schneider. We Return to the Fight: The Civil Rights Movement in the Jazz Age (2001)Goings, Kenneth W. The NAACP Comes of Age: The Defeat of Judge John J. Parker (1990). In the late 1920s, the NAACP joined the campaign to save black youth. By: Gamber, Frankie. Crisis (15591573), September/October 2006, vol. 113 Issue 5, p61-61, 2/3pNAACP still fights for what matters By: Julianne Malveaux. The United States today, 07/14/2006;