NAACP

The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and is pronounced "N-Double-A-C-P." It is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic quality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination."

The NAACP national headquarters are in Baltimore, Maryland.

In the novels Lazarus, Covenant, and Epiphany, the NAACP has a college chapter on the fictitious campus of Potomac University. Members of this chapter include Taina Banks, Ronald Chavez, Adrian Collins, Keisha Johnson, Craig Newson, Ashley Thompkins, Micah Warner, Omar Williams.

According to Lazarus, all of the members of the Sigma Chapter of Beta Chi Phi were also dues-paying members of the NAACP.