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YOUTH COUNCIL MEETINGS
(posted 30 Dec, 2008 at 08:45)
*Every 2nd Monday meeting are held at Linconia Tabernacle Christian Center Located on Parris Ave, Trevose Pa at 6:30pm *Every 4th Monday meetings are held at No Longer Bound located On Norton Ave, Bristol Pa at 6:30 pm The youth are active in there communities and invite all youth to become a member and join them at their next meeting to help continue to fight for the civil rights and social justice for all americans.
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
(posted 05 Oct, 2008 at 08:52)
The NAACP Bucks County Branch meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Please contact by phone at 215-364-1057 for more information on location for the upcoming months. (More)
Youth in Action myspace link
(posted 20 Aug, 2008 at 21:30)
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=265585112
NAACP Timeline
(posted 09 Aug, 2008 at 08:38)
Trace NAACP History 1900 - 1918 | 1920 - 1922 | 1930 - 1939
1940 - 1948 | 1960 - 1979 | 1980 - 1989
1990 - 1999 | 2000 - Present 1900 - 1918 Top 1909
On February 12th The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded by a multiracial group of activists, who answered "The Call," in the New York City, NY. They initially called themselves the National Negro Committee. FOUNDERS
Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villiard, William English Walling led the "Call" to renew the struggle for civil and political liberty. 1910
In the face of intense adversity, the NAACP begins its legacy of fighting legal battles addressing social injustice with the Pink Franklin case, which involved a Black farmhand, who unbeknowingly killed a policeman in self-defense when the officer broke into his home at 3 a.m. to arrest him on a civil charge. After losing at the Supreme Court, the following year the renowned NAACP official Joel Spingarn and his brother Arthur start a concerted effort to fight such cases. 1913
President Woodrow Wilson officially introduces segregation into the Federal Government. Horrified that President would sanction such a policy, the NAACP launched a public protest. 1915
The NAACP organizes a nationwide protest D.W. Griffiths racially-inflammatory and bigoted silent film, "Birth of a Nation." 1917
In Buchanan vs. Warley, the Supreme Court has to concede that states can not restrict and officially segregate African Americans into residential districts. Also, the NAACP fights and wins the battle to enable African Americans to be commissioned as officers in World War I. Six hundred officers are commissioned, and 700,000 register for the draft.. 1918
After persistent pressure by the NAACP, President Woodrow Wilson finally makes a public statement against lynching. 1920 - 1922 Top 1920
To ensure that everyone, especially the Klan, knew that the NAACP would not be intimidated, the annual conference was held in Atlanta, considered one of the most active Klan areas. 1922
In an unprecedented move, the NAACP places large ads in major newspapers to present the facts about lynching. 1930 - 1939 Top 1930
The first of successful protests by the NAACP against Supreme Court justice nominees is launched against John Parker, who officially favored laws that discriminated against African Americans. 1935NAACP lawyers Charles Houston and Thurgood Marshall win the legal battle to admit a black student to the University of Maryland. 1939
After the Daughters of the Revolution barred acclaimed soprano Marian Anderson from performing at their Constitution Hall, the NAACP moved her concert to the Lincoln Memorial, where over 75,000 people attended. 1940 - 1948 Top 1941
During World War II, the NAACP leads the effort to ensure that President Franklin Roosevelt orders a non-discrimination policy in war-related industries and federal employment. 1945
NAACP starts a national outcry when Congress refuses to fund their own Federal Fair Roosevelt Employment Practices Commission. 1945
Kerr v. Enoch Pratt Free Library argued by Charles H. Houston creating the " Kerr Principle". A Baltimore library refused to admit Louise Kerr to a training program because she was black. Not that it had anything against blacks, but its patrons did. When Kerr launched a civil suit against the library alleging a violation of equal protection of the laws, the courts credited the library’s claim that it had no racist purpose, but Kerr still prevailed. The Kerr principle forced us to address when and why is the state responsible for enabling exclusive preferences, whether by an overextended applicable rule that assist them or by state inaction that fails to block them. 1946
The NAACP wins the Morgan vs. Virginia case, where the Supreme Court bans states from having laws that sanction segregated facilities in interstate travel by train and bus. 1948
The NAACP was able to pressure President Harry Truman to sign an Executive Order banning discrimination by the Federal government. 1950 - 1955 Top 1951
December 25, Harry T. Moore was killed when a bomb was placed beneath the floor joists directly under his bed; his wife, Harriette, died nine days later. 1954
After years of fighting segregation in public schools, under the leadership of Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall, the NAACP wins one of its greatest legal victories in Brown vs. the Board of Education. 1955
NAACP member Rosa Parks is arrested and fined for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Noted as the catalyst for the largest grassroots civil rights movement, that would be spearheaded through the collective efforts of the NAACP, SCLC and other Black organizations. 1960 - 1979 Top 1960
In Greensboro, North Carolina, members of the NAACP Youth Council launch a series of non-violent sit-ins at segregated lunch counters. These protests eventually lead to more than 60 stores officially desegregating their counters. 1963
After one of his many successful mass rallies for civil rights, NAACP's first Field Director, Medgar Evers is assassinated in front of his house in Jackson, Mississippi. Five months later, President John Kennedy was also assassinated. 1963
NAACP pushes for the passage of the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. 1964
U.S. Supreme Court ends the eight year effort of Alabama officials to ban NAACP activities. And 55 years after the NAACP's founding, Congress finally passes the Civil Rights Act. 1965
The Voting Rights Act is passed. Amidst threats of violence and efforts of state and local governments, the NAACP still manages to register more than 80,000 voters in the Old South. 1979
The NAACP initiates the first bill ever signed by a governor that allows voter registration in high schools. Soon after, 24 states follow suit. 1980 - 1989 Top 1981
The NAACP leads the effort to extend The Voting Rights Act for another 25 years. To cultivate economic empowerment, the NAACP establishes the Fair Share Program with major corporations across the country. 1982
NAACP registers more than 850,000 voters, and through its protests and the support of the Supreme Court, prevents President Reagan from giving a tax-break to the racially segregated Bob Jones University. 1985
The NAACP leads a massive anti-apartheid rally in New York. 1987
NAACP launches campaign to defeat the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. As a result, he garners the highest negative vote ever recorded for a 1989 Silent March of over 100,000 to protest U.S. Supreme Court nominee. 1989
Silent March of over 100,000 to protest U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have reversed many of the gains made against discrimination. 1990 - 1999 Top 1991
When avowed racist and former Klan leader David Duke runs for US Senate in Louisiana, the NAACP launches a voter registration campaign that yields a 76 percent turn-out of Black voters to defeat Duke. 1992
The number of Fair Share Program corporate partners has risen to 70 and now represents billions of dollars in business. 1995
Over thirty years after the assassination of NAACP civil rights activist, Medgar Evers - his widow Myrlie, is elected Chairman of the NAACP's Board of Directors. The following year, the Kweisi Mfume leaves Congress to become the NAACPs President and CEO. 1997
In response to the pervasive anti-affirmative action legislation occurring around the country, the NAACP launches the Economic Reciprocity Program... And in response to increased violence among our youth, the NAACP starts the "Stop The Violence, Start the Love' campaign. 1998
Supreme Court Demonstration and arrests 2000 - Present Top 2000
TV Diversity Agreements. Retirement of the Debt and first six years of a budget surplus. Largest Black Voter Turnout in 20 years 2000
Great March. January 17, in Columbia, South Carolina attended by over 50,000 to protest the flying of the Confederate Battle Flag. This is the largest civil rights demonstration ever held in the South to date. 2001
Cincinnati Riots. Development of 5 year Strategic Plan.
Under the leadership of Chairman Bond and President Mfume, the NAACP continues to thrive, and with the help of everyone - regardless of race - will continue to do so into the next millennium...
Turn up the Vote at the National Hip Hop Summit 2008 at Liacouras Center Arena in Philadelphia, PA
(posted 20 Apr, 2008 at 18:04)
The NAACP Bucks County Youth Council participated in registering voter at the 2008 Turn up the Vote at the National Hip Hop Summit at Liacouras Center Arena in Philadelphia, PA on April 20, 2008. There were thousand of youth in attendance. For and estimate of 2 1/2 hours the Bucks County Youth Council were able to register 12 new voters. (8 men and 4 women). This summit expressed the inportance of getting out to vote and not just registering to vote. Various well known artist on the panal expressed to the large crowd that the Young generation between the age of 18 - 35 need to let there voice be heard by going to the polls and vote. They did not try to persaude anyone on who to vote for but did tell everyone that whom ever they decide to vote for to make sure thety get to the polls on Tuesday April 22, 2008 to cast there vote so they too can effect change.
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