History

In 1914, five years after the national office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was organized, 20 NAACP leaders traveled to the West Coast to organize NAACP chapters. The purpose of the chapters was to fight segregation and to stop the lynching of colored people. Two years later in, August 1916, the Sacramento Branch NAACP was organized.

The Greater Sacramento NAACP is poised to unite the community to bring about systematic changes with solution-based recommendations.

NAACP – 21st Century Game Changers focused areas are:

(1) Economic Stability

(2) Education

(3) Health

(4) Public Safety and Criminal Justice

(5) Voting Rights and Public Education

(6) Expanding Youth and Young Adult Engagement

The Greater Sacramento NAACP, through its mission to bring about justice for all, will continue to illuminate the truth, remind us of our past and will lead us to our future.