on 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens wanting to straighten out social injustices. It consists of more
             than 2,200 branches that cover all 50 states, The District of Columbia, Japan and Germany. This association for 89 years has
             made it‘s way through political pressure, marches, demonstrations and through the courts. Fighting several important court
             cases has brought significant consequences in what concerns the fight for equal rights ( ending discrimination through legal
             action). Among some we find, Guinn vs. United States in which the supreme Court in 1910 brought down some old traditional
             clauses of state constitutions as an unconstitutional barrier to voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment . In 1917, the Court
             declared as unconstitutional a Louisville ordinance that requiered blacks to live in certain sections of the city, thus
             challengingresidential segregation through city ordinances. And in 1923, the court declared that exclusion of blacks from a jury
             was inconsistent with the right to a fair trial. (http:// www.naacp.org/about/factsheet.html) The a
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