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i NY 100-7629 PURPOSES AND ACHIEVEMENTS From a pamphiet received by the writer in October, 1954, the purposes and achievements of the NAACP are as follows: PURPOSES To bring about complete integration of colored people into all chases of American life. To break down segregation and the resultant inequalities in public education, To secure enactment of federal, state and local civil rights legislation, including fair employment practices acts with full enforcement pewers. To insure justice without respect to race, creed or color in the courts. To end police brutality and mob violence. To guarantee the right to a "free and unfettered" ballot for colored Americans. To end all segregation in transportation and places of public accommodation. To secure the right of all men and women to serve their country in the armed forces without rezard to race or color. To abolish all barriers in housing, puoclic and private, which would prevent any American from living in the place of his choice, To support the United Naticns and to comvat imperialism, totalitarianism, colonial exploitation and racial discrimination throughout the world. ACHIEVEMENTS Admisston of qualified Negro students to tax-sSupported graduate and professional schools in southern states. -2b-<