The Question: What year was the NAACP founded?
A 1909
B 1939
C 1969
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was established in February 1909 in New York City by an interracial group of more than 50 civil rights activists—including Ida B. Wells, academic W.E.B. Du Bois, and suffragist Mary White Ovington. Initially formed to combat racial violence against African Americans, the NAACP played a pivotal role in the civil rights movement. The group won major legal victories, including Brown v. Board of Education, and today it has more than half a million members worldwide.
The correct answer is 1909.