The NAACP is a United States civil rights organization established in 1909. The organization, which was founded by W. E. B. DuBois and other famous abolitionists, has been one of the most influential civil rights groups in United States history. Having first heard about the NAACP as a teenager, Anne becomes involved with the group in college.
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Term Timeline in Coming of Age in Mississippi
The timeline below shows where the term National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) appears in Coming of Age in Mississippi. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 10
...“guild meeting.” During the meeting, Anne overhears the women talk about an organization called the “NAACP,” which she has never heard of. Later that night, she asks Mama about the organization....
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At school, Anne asks her homeroom teacher, Mrs. Rice, about the NAACP. Mrs. Rice tells her that the NAACP is an organization that was established to help...
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Chapter 16
...that Samuel had just come from up North, where he had been working with the NAACP and had planned to organize the Black community back at home. Anne hears that her...
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Chapter 20
Anne learns that Trotter is the secretary of the NAACP chapter at Tougaloo. Trotter encourages her to join the organization and canvass for them. Though...
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Chapter 21
Anne’s first involvement with the NAACP is a demonstration in Jackson, Mississippi, featuring a speech by Medgar Evers, a prominent civil...
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Eventually, Anne’s dedicated involvement with the NAACP causes her grades to grades suffer. She is also running out of money, and she...
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Chapter 22
Anne, excited about the NAACP convention in Jackson, invites Mama to attend. But Mama refuses, and she forbids Anne to...
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John Salter, Anne’s professor and a campus NAACP leader, plans a sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter in Jackson. Anne, who has “nothing left...
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Anne sits in the NAACP office reflecting on the “incurable disease” that the whites have. She writes, that, before the...
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...continue as Jackson becomes “the hotbed of racial demonstrations in the South.” Black demonstrators, including NAACP director Roy Wilkins and Medgar Evers, are constantly being arrested, and the city makes plans...
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...Congress of Racial Equality CORE and the SNCC advocating for more militant protests and the NAACP advocating for an increased focus on voter registration. Soon after the media reports that there...
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Chapter 23
...the Movement to nearly stop altogether, and CORE support and funds run out. At an NAACP rally, Anne begs for help. Her pleas are answered by her fellow activists in the...
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