The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Negro_Committee" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Negro Committee">National Negro Committee</a>, forerunner to the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People">National Association for the Advancement of Colored People</a> (NAACP), convenes for the first time.