The NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and it was formed in response to the ongoing violence against Black people around the country
NAACP - Progressive Era The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was an organization founded as a result of a meeting between Du Bois and a group of African American and white progressives regarding the lynching of two African American men in Springfield, Illinois, the previous year.
