Kentuckians played a large role in the NAACP . William English Walling from Louisville , Kentucky ( 1877 – 1936 ) , an American labor reformer and socialist educated at the University of Chicago , the Hull House and Harvard Law School , brought his interest in women 's rights to his work with the American Federation of Labor and founded the National Women 's Trade Union League . A few years later , the Springfield Race Riot of 1908 in Illinois informed his work with Mary White Ovington and Henry Moskowitz to form the NAACP
Springfield Race Riot of 1908
Springfield race riot of 1908
NAACP in Kentucky