White asked Juanita Jackson to be the first director of the Youth Councils and to channel the young energy into productivity.
Jackson accepted the request and began traveling the country, mostly through the Southern states, recruiting students and organizing them into chapters.
Once these councils were set in place, Jackson began to lead the students in educational seminars and protests against segregation.
They wanted to fight for equal education and economic opportunities, fair civil rights, and protection from lynchings.
[5] During the civil rights movement, the NAACP Youth Councils were actively involved in demonstrations, protests, sit-ins, and seminars to promote the concept of equality and fair society across the United States.
They were the instigators behind several educational milestone moments in the Movement such as Autherine Lucy's integration of Alabama University and the Little Rock Nine's accomplishments.
[2] Claudette Colvin, the first person to challenge the law after refusing to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, was a member of the local Council.
Other sit-ins and demonstrations carried out by the Greensboro Youth Council resulted in integrated lunch counters and equal job opportunities in the community.
The councils became specifically in involved in the Community Action Project which centered on providing better education, housing, and employment options for poor black citizens living in the inner cities.
"[2] These precepts were held with a passion and vigor which carried the Youth Council through the movement and helped them accomplish many victories.
[citation needed] The NAACP Youth Council is composed of hundreds of state and county-wide operations in which youth (usually teens) volunteer to share their voices or opinions with their fellow council members, and then strive to address the issues raised on a local or national level.