The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The vision of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the ensure a society in which all individuals have equal rights without discrimination based on race. The following statement of objectives is found on the first page of the NAACP Constitution- the principal objectives of the Association shall be: