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According to its own website,http://www.naacp.org/about/mission/index.htm, the vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to promote an end to racial hatred and discrimination in our society where all citizens are to be treated equally under the law. The objectives listed by the organization are: | |||
'''To ensure the politcal, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens.''' | |||
'''To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States''' | |||
'''To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes''' | |||
'''To seek enactiment and enforcment of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights''' | |||
'''To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination''' | |||
'''To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in the furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution''' | |||
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Revision as of 20:07, 31 August 2009
According to its own website,http://www.naacp.org/about/mission/index.htm, the vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to promote an end to racial hatred and discrimination in our society where all citizens are to be treated equally under the law. The objectives listed by the organization are:
To ensure the politcal, educational, social and economic equality of all citizens.
To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among the citizens of the United States
To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes
To seek enactiment and enforcment of federal, state and local laws securing civil rights
To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination
To educate persons as to their constitutional rights and to take all lawful action to secure the exercise thereof, and to take any other lawful action in the furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution
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