Lunch & Learn: The NAACP was relevant then, now and forever more!

Join the Museum and Illinois Wesleyan University for the sixth Zoom Lunch & Learn of the season. Local leaders of the Adult Branch and the Youth Council President will discuss the rich history and lasting legacy associated with the NAACP. As the world’s largest, boldest and oldest Civil Rights’ organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909. The NAACP was chartered as a result of the race riot in Springfield, Illinois. Several Black men were then rushed to Bloomington, Illinois–to avoid being lynched. The panel will discuss the NAACP’s involvement in past and current Civil Rights’ issues. Additionally, history was made again, as the NAACP Youth Council was officially chartered in August of 2021.