The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also known as the NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential black civil rights organizations in the USA. It emerged from the Niagara Movement, founded in 1905, and was established on February 12, 1909 to work on behalf of the African-American population. The founding members were William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Ida Wells-Barnett, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard and William English Walling. The NAACP was among the supporters and organizers of both the 1963 March on Washington and the 1995 Million Man March. The NAACP is headquartered in Baltimore, MD with regional offices in California, New York, Michigan, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and Maryland. The NAACP is represented nationally by a Board of Directors. This has 64 members and is led by a Chairman. The Board of Directors elects a President and Chief Executive Officer for the organization. The NAACP had 300,000 members in August 2011.
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