NAACP: Fighting Segregation In The 1900's

Focus Question: How did the NAACP assist the African American population in fighting segregation and how successful were these efforts?

Segregation is explained as the “policy of separating racial groups in all aspects of their lives to ensure that whites maintained supremacy over African Americans”. With segregation being a large issue in the lives of African Americans in the 1900’s, organisations such as the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People) were created in order to assist the African Americans in fighting this issue. In this report, I will be assessing the NAACP’s contribution to the fight against segregation in the 1900’s, with reference to many key events along the way, judging its success in this fight.
The NAACP was a civil rights organisation, whose mission was “To ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”. It used many different forms of resistance, mainly the use of test cases, but also including boycotts, marches and sit-ins to achieve this mission. The most famous of the NAACP’s
It can be concluded that the NAACP was highly successful in its efforts and without its contribution, segregation may not have ended for many more years, continuing to impact on the lives of the African American People. It can also be said that the NAACP was a major factor in the abolishment of segregation in the United States of America, with its efforts being of great importance to the African American people and their lives. It may be concluded that the NAACP, in a way, achieved its mission of eliminating racial hatred and racial discrimination. Even though the NAACP was not completely responsible for the abolishment of segregation, it was a large player in the fight and was successful in its