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NAACP YOUTH & COLLLEGE DIVISION 

Vision: Developing a New Generation of Leadership

Objectives:

  • Leadership and Activism Training
  • Proactive Political and Community Activism 
  • Public Awareness of the necessity of youth involvement 
  • To be leaders and trendsetter in the area of youth leadership and civil rights training

Notable Past Members:

  • Roy Wilkins, Vernon Jordan, Andrew Young, Patricia Harris, Thurgood Marshall, Ralph Bunche and Julian Bond

See more about Y/C: http://naacp.org/youth/college/index.htm

NAACP

  • Founded 1909 
  • Objective: to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice.

See Timeline of Historical Highlights: http://naacp.org/about/history/timeline/index.htm