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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP: An American Organization

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09640.136 Author/Creator: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Place Written: New York, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: June 1956 Pagination: 12 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 13.5 cm Order a Copy

One pamphlet entitled, "NAACP: An American Organization," dated June 1956. Text within the document refers to white supremacist groups that call NAACP a "Communist-dominated" group. Proceeds to list six main statements made against their mission as well as reiterating the core of their work. This includes not being subversive, that the Communist Party of the U.S.A. does not precede their anti-segregation program, that they are not affliated with the Communist Party, and that they have been supported by people of all races and religions.

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