Labor & Industry
Two
Movements
One
Goal
Civil Rights Movement
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed February 12, 1909, to respond to the 1908 Springfield race riot in Illinois. The interracial endeavor was formed to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, and Ida B. Wells. Leaders of the organization include Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins.
Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination". National NAACP initiatives include political lobbying, publicity efforts and litigation strategies developed by its legal team. The group enlarged its mission in the late 20th century by considering issues such as police misconduct, the status of black foreign refugees and questions of economic development. Its name, retained in accordance with tradition, uses the once common term colored people, referring to those with some African ancestry. The following committees were formed to carry out its mission:
Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Communication
Press & Publicity Committee
Education Committee
Freedom Fund Committee
Housing Committee
Labor and Industry Committee
Legal Redress Committee
Membership Committee
Political Action Committee
Life Membership
Economic Development
Women In NAACP (WIN) Committee
Religious Affairs
Youth Work
Labor Movement
Labor and Industry Committee (LNI)
The Labor and Industry Committee shall: (1) seek ways to improve the economic status of minority groups by working to eliminate discriminatory employment practices in industry and government, wage differentials based on race, unequal opportunities for training and promotion, unfair dismissals; (2) encourage greater participation in the trade union movement; (3) work the enactment of state and federal fair employment practices legislation and; (4) work to improve opportunities in vocational and apprenticeship training; (5) provide competent vocational guidance and training on an integrated basis for young African American, e.g., to make it possible for competent, highly trained African Americans to compete on an equal basis for managerial, scientific, skilled, professional and other desirable jobs and to encourage qualified African American youths to seek admission to local apprenticeship training programs and; (6) work for the attainment of equality of opportunity in on-the-job training in upgrading and promotions in pay scales and in seniority.
Dr. Martin L. King famously stated, “Our needs are identical to Labor’s needs. We both seek decent wages, fair working conditions, livable wages, fair housing, old-age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their children and respect in the community.” Today, the NAACP is focused on such issues as jobs, education, health care, and the criminal justice system, and protecting voting rights.
The Athens Limestone County NAACP, Labor and Industry Committee is dedicated to the goals and missions of the NAACP.
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Chairman’s Corner
Coming soon is a letter from the Chairman
Al Rainey
