About Us
Our History
National Association
for Advancement of Colored People
Founded in 1909, by a multiracial group of progressive thinkers, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a non-profit organization established with the objective of insuring the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority groups. The NAACP has as its mission the goal of eliminating race prejudice and removing all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes.
This mission is accomplished by seeking the enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights, and by informing the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination.
NAACP-New York City Housing Authority
The New York City Housing Authority Branch traces its origin to April 1969. An ethnically diverse group of Housing Authority employees committed to the mission and goals of the NAACP commenced the process to establish a NAACP Branch. It was largely through the efforts of Simeon Golar, a NYCHA Board Member appointed by Mayor John V. Lindsay that the NYCHA Branch of NAACP was formed. Eva Jones, Aaron Daar, Fred Lyttle, and Louie Glickhouse were a few members of the original organizing committee.
The First Elected Officers of the NYCHA Branch were:
Paul L. Crawford – President
Meyer Levitan – Vice President
Euguene Lattimer – Treasurer
Blanca Cedeno – Secretary
Samuel Granville – Membership Secretary
Members of the W.E.N.K.R.O.Y. Club, Inc. were instrumental in recruiting many NAACP members and helped establish the viability of the Branch.
Our Mission
The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.
Our Vision
The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race.