AchievementFebruary 12, 1909· leadership

The NAACP is founded

The nation's most enduring civil-rights organization is established.

Key figures

Foundational essays on race and "double consciousness."

The founding and history of the nation's oldest civil-rights organization.

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations — the links rarely drawn together.

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W.E.B. Du Bois
Du Bois was the intellectual force behind the NAACP's founding in 1909.

Du Bois was the intellectual force behind the NAACP's founding in 1909.