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NAACP OAKLAND

OUR HISTORY
ABOUT US

The NAACP Northern California branch was founded in 1915 with the headquarters in Oakland.  By 1919 the organization had over 1,000 members throughout the Bay Area, and in 1920 a charter was granted to Oakland Division No. 188 of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).

MISSION

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

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.

OUR OBJECTIVES

The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution - the principal objectives of the Association shall be:

To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of all citizens

To inform the public of the adverse effects of racial discrimination and to seek its elimination

To achieve equality of rights and eliminate race prejudice among citizens of the United States

To remove all barriers of racial discrimination through democratic processes

To seek enactment and enforcement of federal, state, and local laws securing civil rights

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 furtherance of these objectives, consistent with the NAACP's Articles of Incorporation and this Constitution.

Contact Us

P.O. Box 1319

Oakland, CA 94604

naacpoaklandbranch@gmail.com

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The NAACP is a non-partisan organization.  We are not biased or partisan toward any particular political group.  We DO NOT support political candidates and political parties.  Persons affiliated with the NAACP at the national, state, and local levels are free to make candidate endorsements in a personal capacity, but they do not reflect support by the NAACP as an organization.

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