Category Archives: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Congressional Hearings: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights on bills to either extend or amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965; NAACP called as a witness, 1969-1970

National Archive Folders: Casefile on The Crisis and W. E. B. Du Bois regarding the federal surveillance of Black Americans, 1918

National Archive Folders: Casefile on the NAACP regarding the federal surveillance of Black Americans, 1921

Senate hearing on civil rights. NAACP called as witness., 1949

Congressional Hearings: Continuation of hearings before the Subcom No. 5 to review civil rights protection and enforcement issues and related proposals, including education and employment discrimination issues, and to examine laws and actions of certain States impacting civil rights. NAACP called as witness., 1958

Senate Hearing on Civil Rights Proposals. NAACP called as witness., 1956

Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1940

Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1948

Hearings before the Subcommittee on Labor on: S. 2453, the Equal Employment Opportunities Enforcement Act, to allow the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to issue judicially enforceable cease and desist orders upon complaint of discriminatory practices (text, p. 1-27); and S. 2806, the Administration proposal, to give EEOC the right to sue through familiar court procedures (text, p. 28-32). NAACP called as a witness., 1969

Congressional Hearing: Considers S. 2453, to grant added decisionmaking and enforcement authority to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Focuses on viewpoints of various minority groups. NAACP called as witness., 1969

Congressional Hearing: Considers legislation to prohibit discrimination in employment. Focuses on discrimination in employment opportunities in D.C. Apr. 22 hearing was held at Fairleigh-Dickinson University. Includes “Employment in Washington, D.C.,” report by the D.C. Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (June 1963, p. 355-421). NAACP called as witness., 1963

Congressional Hearing: Considers S. 1308 and similar S. 1667, to prohibit discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. NAACP called as witness., 1967

Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 6228, the Equal Employment Opportunity Enforcement Act, and related H.R. 13517, the Equal Employment Opportunity Act, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to empower the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to litigate or seek litigation through the Department of Justice on behalf of those claiming discrimination in employment. NAACP called as witness., 1969-1970

News article: Articles of Incorporation for the NAACP, 1911

Congressional Hearings: Hearing in Philadelphia, Pa., to examine impediments to voter participation, focusing on problems associated with voter registration and election procedures. NAACP called as witness., 2007

Congressional Hearings: Joint hearings with the House Judiciary Committee Subcom on Civil and Constitutional Rights to consider H.R. 4000 (text, p. 2-17), the Civil Rights Act of 1990, to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to strengthen civil rights laws prohibiting discrimination in employment based on race, religion, sex, or national origin. Includes provisions to: Require employers to bear the burden of proof that business necessity requires employment practices having a disparate impact on minorities and women; Clarify that any prejudicial motivation in employment decisions is illegal; Restrict litigation challenging court orders in job discrimination suits; Extend the statute of limitation in employment discrimination cases from 180 days to two years; Grant victims of intentional discrimination the right to recover compensatory and punitive damages; Clarify the right of employment discrimination victims to recover attorney fees; Restore the prohibition against all race discrimination in the making and enforcement of contracts. NAACP called as witness., 1990

Library of Congress Folders: NAACP anti-lynching fundraising campaign, 1919-1920

Congressional Hearings: African Americans; Civil rights; Due process of law; Federal state relations; Murders & murder attempts; Racial discrimination; Riots. NAACP called as witness., 1920

Senate hearing on lynching. NAACP called as witness., 1934

Congressional Hearings: Hearing before the Subcom on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties to examine concerns about use of racial profiling and suspect classifications by law enforcement agents and agencies that target minority groups for routine traffic stops and subject them to inappropriate questioning and searches. NAACP called as witness., 2010

News article on the tenth annual NAACP conference, 1919

Congressional Hearings: Hearing to consider S. 1945, the Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014, to amend the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 to revise criteria for determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to Federal preclearance, based on their histories of voter discrimination, before implementing any changes to their voting laws or practices, and to require States and political subdivisions to provide public notice when making changes in any prerequisite or procedure affecting voting in Federal elections. NAACP called as witness., 2014

Congressional Hearings: Considers H.R. 12962, to establish a Commission on Negro History and Culture to coordinate and recommend a program to create better understanding of Negro historical and cultural contributions to society. NAACP called as witness., 1968