H. Con. Res. 242 
Agreed to June 18, 2010
One Hundred Eleventh Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, 
the fifth day of January, two thousand and ten 
Concurrent Resolution 
Whereas the National Association for the Advancement of Colored 
People (referred to in this resolution as the ‘‘NAACP’’), originally 
known as the National Negro Committee, was founded in New 
York City on February 12, 1909, the centennial of Abraham 
Lincoln’s birth, by a multiracial group of activists who met in 
a national conference to discuss the civil and political rights 
of African-Americans; 
Whereas the NAACP was founded by a distinguished group of 
leaders in the struggle for civil and political liberty, including 
Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White 
Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, and William English Walling; 
Whereas the NAACP is the oldest and largest civil rights organiza-
tion in the United States; 
Whereas the NAACP National Headquarters is located in Baltimore, 
Maryland; 
Whereas the mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, 
educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons 
and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination; 
Whereas the NAACP is committed to achieving its goals through 
nonviolence; 
Whereas the NAACP advances its mission through reliance upon 
the press, the petition, the ballot, and the courts, and has been 
persistent in the use of legal and moral persuasion, even in 
the face of overt and violent racial hostility; 
Whereas the NAACP has used political pressure, marches, dem-
onstrations, and effective lobbying to serve as the voice, as well 
as the shield, for minority Americans; 
Whereas after years of fighting segregation in public schools, the 
NAACP, under the leadership of Special Counsel Thurgood Mar-
shall, won one of its greatest legal victories in the Supreme 
Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 
(1954); 
Whereas in 1955, NAACP member Rosa Parks was arrested and 
fined for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 
Montgomery, Alabama—an act of courage that would serve as 
the catalyst for the largest grassroots civil rights movement in 
the history of the United States; 
Whereas the NAACP was prominent in lobbying for the passage 
of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, and 1964, the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Coretta 
Scott King, Ce´sar E. Cha´vez, Barbara C. Jordan, William C. 
Vela´squez, and Dr. Hector P. Garcia Voting Rights Act Reauthor-
ization and Amendments Act of 2006, and the Fair Housing 
Act, laws that ensured Government protection for legal victories 
achieved;
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Whereas in 2005, the NAACP launched the Disaster Relief Fund 
to help survivors in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, and 
Alabama to rebuild their lives; 
Whereas in the 110th Congress, the NAACP was prominent in 
lobbying for the passage of H. Res. 826, whose resolved clause 
expresses that: (1) the hanging of nooses is a horrible act when 
used for the purpose of intimidation and which under certain 
circumstances can be criminal; (2) this conduct should be inves-
tigated thoroughly by Federal authorities; and (3) any criminal 
violations should be vigorously prosecuted; 
Whereas in 2008, the NAACP vigorously supported the passage 
of the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007, 
a law that puts additional Federal resources into solving the 
heinous crimes that occurred in the early days of the civil rights 
struggle that remain unsolved and bringing those who per-
petrated such crimes to justice; 
Whereas the NAACP has helped usher in the new millennium 
by charting a bold course, beginning with the appointment of 
the organization’s youngest President and Chief Executive Officer, 
Benjamin Todd Jealous, and by outlining a strategic plan to 
confront 21st century challenges in the critical areas of health, 
education, housing, criminal justice, and environment; and 
Whereas, on July 16, 2009, the NAACP celebrated its centennial 
anniversary in New York City, highlighting an extraordinary 
century of Bold Dreams, Big Victories with a historic address 
from the first African-American president of the United States, 
Barack Obama: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concur-
ring), That Congress— 
(1) recognizes the 101st anniversary of the historic founding 
of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored 
People; and 
(2) honors and praises the National Association for the 
Advancement of Colored People on the occasion of its anniver-
sary for its work to ensure the political, educational, social, 
and economic equality of all persons. 
Attest: 
Clerk of the House of Representatives. 
Attest: 
Secretary of the Senate.