b"COMMUNITYWho is theDenver NAACP?By Sondra Young Following a deadly two-day race riotas the Voting Rights Act of 1965. in Springfield, Illinois, targeted towardYet, there is STILL work to do!AfricanAmericans.Asmallgroupof A s President of the Denver Branchprimarily white citizens met and estab- While we may no longer bound by of the National Association of thelished the NAACP to promote equalitythephysicalconstraintsofcoloniza-Advancement of Colored Peoplealsoof rights and eradicate racial prejudicetionorchattelslavery,weknowall known as the NAACP, I am compelledin the United States. Currently, theretoowellthatAfricanAmericansare to share about the legacy and purposeare more than 2 million members andnot granted equal rights to life, liberty, ofthishistoricalandrelevantorga- 112yearsofexperience;weworktoand the pursuit of happiness in this nization.OnFebruary12,1909,themakesureBlackvoicesareheard,country. The lasting effects of our sub-nation's largest and most widely rec- demandsaremet,andBlackexcel- jugation have continued to cripple us, ognizedcivilrightsorganizationwaslence is amplified. generation after generation.born. The vision of the NAACPAsthenation'soldestandlarg-is to ensure a society inest civil rights organization, we stand which all individuals havealigned to do the hard and necessary equal rights, and there iswork with legislators, law enforcement, no racial hatred or racialcommunities,schools,businesses, discrimination.Weareand those who believe that justice is Together we can eliminatethehomeofgrassrootsan essential foundation of democracy. activismforcivilrightsJoin us in our fight for voting rights, racial disparities and closeand social justice. Sondra Young equality, and equity. Together we can eliminateracialdisparitiesandclose ThroughtheirLegal the wealth and learning gap. DefenseFund,ledbytheUSSupremeCourt),theNAACPthe wealth and learning gap.ThurgoodMarshall(whohasbeentheimpetusforlandmarkJoinusandworkincommunity, wouldlaterbecomethelegislationsuchastheCivilRightsDenverNAACP.org1stAfricanAmericanonActs of 1957, 1964, and 1968as well BODY OF CHRIST NEWS OCTOBER 2021 5"