Online Event

Youth & College 90th Anniversary

Young Leaders, Lasting Legacy

Founded in 1936, the division was built on a bold belief: that young people are not just leaders of tomorrow, but powerful agents of change today. Black youth exercised empowerment by organizing through their communities to challenge injustice head-on.

The Youth & College division has continued to evolve by organizing around voting rights, education equity, and social justice issues affecting new generations. Through every era, it has remained a training ground for organizers, artists, educators, public servants, and movement builders.

The next generation of civil rights leaders is making waves now. This is not just history, it is a living legacy written by young leaders who stepped forward, spoke out, and helped bend the arc toward justice.

For 90 years, the NAACP Youth and College Division has been a catalyst for courage, leadership, and change, empowering generations of young people to not only imagine a better future, but to build it. 90 years of challenging systems and building young Black political power.- Tylik McMillan, National Director, Youth and

Legacy loud. Youth proud. 90 years.