On February 12, 1909, the 100th anniversary of Abraham
Lincoln’s birth, a group that included African American
leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett
announced the formation of a new organization.
Called the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, it would have a profound effect on the
struggle for civil rights and the course of 20th-century
American history.
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