Sunday, September 13, 2015

Please contrast the following organizations: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Here are some guided questions while writing this paper: What were the issues? Why did they do what they did? What was the history behind the scenes? Why were these organizations needed?

There's a lot to unpack in that writing prompt. I'm going to zero in on the example given: comparing the NAACP and the CBC.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in 1909 by W.E.B. DuBois, Moorfield Storey, and Mary White Ovington. Its goal was, and is, to establish and maintain social, political, economic, and educational equality for African Americans and put an end to racial discrimination. While their headquarters are in Baltimore, Maryland, the NAACP has regional offices across the country, and the entire organization is overseen by a chairperson and 64 board members. The NAACP has a membership of over 500,000 people worldwide, and membership is open to all, regardless of race.
One of the NAACP's most important milestones is the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which made it unlawful to deny anyone the right to vote—or to prevent them from registering to vote—because of their race. Civil rights leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Medgar Evers, and Rosa Parks were all members of the NAACAP.
As its name suggests, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a group of African American members of the United States Congress; therefore, it's much smaller than the NAACP, although it shares the same primary goals: equality and justice. The CBC was created in 1971 by the 13 African American members of Congress at that time. As African American representation in Congress has grown, so, too, has the CBC. During the 115th Congress, the CBC had grown to 49 members, including two senators.
While the CBC is officially non-partisan, meaning it isn't affiliated with either of America's two primary political parties, almost all of the members of the CBC have been Democrats. As of 2018, there have only been eight African American Republican members of Congress, and only four of them joined the CBC.
Because the NAACP is a grassroots operation, meaning its members are ordinary people, its most powerful tools are organization, fundraising, and activism. Because the CBC exists within Congress, it uses the Constitution and the government's financial resources to install justice and equality. Their tools for change and their memberships may differ, but both the NAACP and the CBC have very similar agendas as they battle voter suppression, work to reform the criminal justice system, and try to expand access to education, health care, and technology for all African Americans.
https://cbc.house.gov/about/

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