The goals of the NAACP are to:
- Ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
- To achieve these goals, the NAACP uses a variety of strategies, including:
- Litigation
- Lobbying
- Public education and awareness campaigns
- Voter mobilization and registration
- Community organizing
Some of the NAACP's most notable accomplishments include:
- The NAACP played a major role in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and was involved in many of the landmark legal cases that led to the desegregation of the United States.
- In 1954, the NAACP won the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education, which declared that racial segregation of public schools was unconstitutional.
- In 1964, the NAACP played a key role in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
- In 1965, the NAACP played a key role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
The NAACP is a powerful and influential organization, and in its over a century of existence has made significant contributions to the fight for civil rights in the United States.