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VietPress USA (July 23, 2019): Today on Tuesday July 23rd, 2019, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) called for the impeachment of President Trump.
"Trump’s misconduct is unmistakable and has proven time and time again that he is unfit to serve as the president of this country," NAACP president Derrick Johnson tweeted while announcing the group’s call for impeachment.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, was founded on Feb. 12, 1909 by W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, Archibald Grimke, William English Walling, Dr. Henry Moskowitz, Lillian Wald and Mary Church Terrell.
Known as the nation’s oldest, largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization, the NAACP was created due to a deadly race riot in Springfield, Illinois in 1908.
The Springfield race riot of 1908 was sparked due to the arrest of two African American men who were accused of performing violent crimes against Caucasian individuals. An angry mob tried to find the two men and lynch them, but they started a riot in African American neighborhoods when they discovered deputies transferred the men out of Springfield. The angry mob killed African American citizens on the street and destroyed their businesses and homes. As a result of the riot, two African Americans were lynched.
Disgusted and disappointed by the result of the riot, a group of white liberals — Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling and Dr. Henry Moscowitz — called for a meeting to discuss racial justice. W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Mary Church Terrell respectfully agreed and joined the meeting.
In 1910, The NAACP established its national office in New York City. In the same year, W.E.B. Du Bois founded The Crisis magazine— an official publication of the NAACP and the voice for civil rights. By 1913, the NAACP established branch offices in cities such as Boston, Baltimore, Kansas City, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and Detroit. The NAACP membership grew rapidly with over 9,000 members in 1917 to over 90,000 in 1919.
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NAACP calls for impeaching Trump
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People called for the impeachment of President Trump on Tuesday.
Delegates at the NAACP’s annual convention in Detroit unanimously approved a resolution in favor of impeachment.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, introduced the measure. He introduced a similar resolution in the House last week, which was tabled by a vote of 332 to 95.
"Trump’s misconduct is unmistakable and has proven time and time again that he is unfit to serve as the president of this country," NAACP president Derrick Johnson tweeted while announcing the group’s call for impeachment.
Other members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and top Democratic presidential contenders were among the speakers at the four-day conference of the nation’s oldest and largest civil-rights organization. Trump declined an invitation to appear at the event.
While the NAACP may be calling for it, most Americans do not support impeachment.
According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted earlier this month, 37 percent of Americans believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against the president, while 59 percent do not.
Trump welcomed the vote in tweets that erroneously said lawmakers had voted to “kill” the measure. Tabling it postpones further action, almost certainly until after Congress returns from its summer recess, but does not prevent it from being considered in the future.
“This is perhaps the most ridiculous and time consuming project I have ever had to work on,” the president tweeted. “This should never be allowed to happen to another President of the United States again!”
Green is hoping Trump’s continued attacks on four congresswomen of color will generate enough support for impeachment.
“I believe that we will impeach this president,” Green said at the NAACP convention. “His work is that of a bigot who ought to be impeached.”
While Trump may dismiss talk of impeachment, the NAACP vote is a signal of the challenge he still faces among African-American voters.
In the 2016 presidential election, just 8 percent of African Americans voters supported Trump, compared to 88 percent who supported Hillary Clinton.
But speaking to reporters at the White House Monday, Trump predicted he would do well with African American voters this time around.
“We have fantastic relationships with the African American community,” Trump said. “I think you’ll see that. Certainly, you’re going to see that in 2020.”
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