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NAACP tries to woo the hip-hop generation
Loading ...But as the organization celebrates its centennial in New York, some young people have mixed feelings about how the NAACP fits in their lives.
New York – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, America’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, is now trying to appeal to the so-called hip-hop generation.
About 1,000 young African-Americans converged on midtown Manhattan this week to help celebrate the NAACP’s centennial. That number of young people is the largest in convention history, event organizers say.
Since the meeting began this past Saturday, an oft-repeated mantra among the mainly gray-haired delegates has been to make way for the young and able. And on Thursday night, the NAACP hopes to get a further boost when President Obama speaks to the organization.
But can the aging organization capitalize on Mr. Obama’s appeal and draw the post-civil rights generations into its fold?
Bridging the generational divide is key for the NAACP as it fights modern incarnations of age-old racial inequities. This generational divide became more apparent during last year’s presidential election, when distinctions were made between “traditional” black politicians and up-and-comers crafted in the Obama mold.
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