The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People organized in 1909 and was seen as a threat by those who supported the status quo of racial discrimination.
African Americans dared to ask for their rights despite the discrimination of the times, after decades of the denial of rights guaranteed by the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution and frequent lynchings.
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