Patrick Gaspard to Receive Prestigious NAACP Spingarn Medal
BALTIMORE – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick Gaspard will be awarded the prestigious Spingarn Medal during the NAACP’s 110th Annual Convention...
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The New York Times: This Empty Lot Is Worth Millions. It’s Also an African-American Burial Ground. The owner of a plot of land in Queens wants to sell it or develop it. Others want to memorialize one of the city’s first communities for former and freed slaves. ...
NAACP Memphis to Inquire into the Killing of Brandon Webber
The President of the NAACP Memphis Branch, Deirdre Malone, released the following statement in regards to the death of Brandon Webber: “The NAACP Memphis Branch is making a formal inquiry with law enforcement officials into the murder of Brandon Webber. As we grieve...
NAACP ACT-SO Kicks Off Convention Week
BALTIMORE – The NAACP ACT-SO (Academic, Cultural, Technical and Scientific Olympics) has been training and encouraging high school students for over 40 years. This year-long achievement program is designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and...
NAACP-Supported anti-lynching legislation is on the move!
Earlier today the full Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, legislation introduced by Congressman Bobby Rush (IL) which would also make lynching a federal hate crime. On 12/14/2019, the...
ICYMI: NAACP President Derrick Johnson on Racial Discrimination in Retail Environments
After Grammy-nominated singer, SZA, spoke out about being profiled at a Sephora in California, the beauty retailer took action by hosting inclusivity training for its employees. On Wednesday June 5, 2019, NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, joined Chris Jansing...
NAACP Trains Volunteers Ahead of 110th National Convention
Detroit — On June 8, 2019 the NAACP brought together hundreds of volunteers for a rally and training in preparation for its 110th Annual Convention in Detroit, July 20-24. The Focus H.O.P.E. Center in Detroit hosted enthusiastic volunteers from all over the city who...
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HuffPost: Philadelphia’s First Openly Gay Deputy Sheriff Found Dead Ahead Of Pride Parade Philadelphia’s first openly gay deputy sheriff apparently died by suicide just before the city’s annual Pride parade and festival, authorities said. Dante Austin, 27, was found...
‘When They See Us’ Reminds Us To Turn Our Anger into Action
In 1990, five teenage boys referred to as the “Central Park Five” were sentenced to prison for a heinous crime they did not commit. The basis of the conviction? Racial profiling. The stories of the wrongfully convicted, Raymond Santana, Kevin Richardson, Antron...
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