The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded as a direct response to

The NAACP was founded in 1909, following the 1908 race riots in Springfield, Illinois. The violence prompted activists to organize a national civil-rights group, so the correct choice is the Springfield race riots. Booker T. Washington’s accommodation policy was a point of disagreement for some activists, but it was not the direct founding trigger.

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