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WY 100-7629 ; COR Let&l os: For purpose of brev ty» “the National Association for the advancement of Colored People will henceforth in this report be referred to as the NAAQP; in Like manner, the Comaunist Party as the CP and the Communist Political Association se the 3 PS £11 Informants utilized in this revort are of known reliability, unless otherwise indicated. The GPF and CPA have been designeted by the Attorney General pursuant to Executive Orcer 10450. WATT OwAL SEOTIO! 1 Or: anization urigzin Fron g pamphlet publicly distributed by the nNALGP cntitlec “How The wational association for the acvancement of Colored Peovle Began", a history gugs obtsined. ‘Mis pandhlet was made available by ba The NAACP was born when MARY WHIT: OVINWGTON, its first member, met with WILLIAM LNGLISH WALLING, a columnist, during the first week of January, 1909, in a small room of a new York apartinent. The first conference was hela on the evening of say 30, 1909, st Zooper Union, New York City. Over LOOO guests were invitce and the initial conference was consicered A success. It was not until the second conference held in May, 1910, that the group organizcd a permancnt body to be known es the National f¢ssociation for the sdvancement of Solored reoplc. Its first officers were listad as follows: CONFI TIAL OP ye SS ae crate LE Ne ME ALTE Pp ay Te tet gl See era cg