The NAACP has signed a letter of intent to move its national headquarters from Baltimore to the District and make its new home in the Frank D. Reeves Center for Municipal Affairs in Northwest, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Monday.
"The Reeves Center stands in the iconic and culturally significant area of the U Street corridor with deep connections to the NAACP," Bowser said.
"As we continue fighting for change and working to build a more fair and just nation, we look forward to welcoming this iconic civil rights organization to Washington, D.C.”
The NAACP has a Capitol Hill bureau from which it lobbies Congress and interacts with federal agencies and courts on its behalf.
Derrick Johnson, NAACP president and CEO, called D.C. "the epicenter of change."
"A new home in Washington will allow us to not only fully participate in the growth of this great city, but to also amplify the voices of Black people as we fight for the crucial policy changes and economic empowerment needed in common across the country," he said.
