National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People

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ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 4-5 AND THEREAFTER - A Feb. 13, 2017 photo shows the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum in Holly Springs, Miss. Holly Springs native Ida B. Wells-Barnett, was an African-American journalist and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.(Adam Robison/The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden addresses the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on July 12 in Houston. Mr. Biden has been dispatched by the Democratic ticket’s presidential campaign to shore up support with the party’s various constituencies and interest groups. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden addresses the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks to the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Wednesday, July 11, 2012, in Houston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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NAACP President Ben Jealous said the organization won't let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout as it launched a nationwide drive to register thousands of mostly minority, student and elderly voters. (Associated Press)

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NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous states about incarceration in the U.S., "We need to be 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime.'" (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Sept 14, 2010, file photo, NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous speaks in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton shared a laugh yesterday with Hazel Dukes, president of the New York chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Manhattan at an event honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)