NAACP
Turns
100
The
National
Association
for
the
Advancement
of
Colored
People
was
founded
on
February
12,
1909.
The
date
was
chosen
to
commemorate
the
100th
birthday
of
President
Abraham
Lincoln,
who
signed
the
Emancipation
Proclamation.
For
the
past
century,
the
NAACP
has
played
a
leading
role
in
the
fight
for
social
justice.
Pensacola
Branch
President
Elvin
McCorvey
and
Vice
President
John
Veasley
sat
down
with
Sandra
Averhart
to
discuss
the
work
of
their
organization.
