NAACP Challenge to Prison Gerrymandering Moves Forward, First Statewide Challenge in the Nation
February 19, 2019 CONTACT: Malik Russell / [email protected] / 443-610-0361 Vanessa Mbonu /[email protected] Doni Bloomfield / [email protected] Federal judge refuses to dismiss suit over discriminatory counting of incarcerated persons New...
Racial Equity Groups Mobilize In Support of Voting Rights Act Hearings
Atlanta Event 2nd in Series of National Hearings to Restore Voting Rights ATLANTA (February 18, 2019) – On Tuesday, February 19, all eyes will be on Georgia when the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee on House Administration holds its “Field Hearing on Voting...
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and NAACP to Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding During Annual Board Meeting
The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African American Men, and the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People...
NAACP Restructures to Advance Advocacy Strategy
New York (February 16, 2019)—The nation’s most prominent civil rights organization announced today during its annual national board meeting in New York, a strategic restructuring which better positions the organization to lead the critical policy advocacy and social...
Meet Kris Stith: The Man Behind the Graphics
As we continue to uplift the work of African American entrepreneurs during Black History Month we would like to highlight Kristopher Stith or as he prefers, Krisa multidisciplinary artist with a predilection for design. He began his journey as an artist in Anacostia,...
NAACP Youth and College Division hosts State of the Union: For the Counter Culture
On Tuesday, February 12, 2019, our Youth and College Division teamed up with Baller Alert to put on their own State of the Union: For the Counter Culture. Our Youth and College Director, Tiffany Dena Loftin served as moderator. The panelists were Kendrick Sampson,...
Background checks on gun sales
Legislation to bar direct firearms sales between unlicensed people, including at gun shows or online, without a background check has been introduced in the US House and Senate and is moving in the House. Firearms could be sold only by licensed dealers, manufacturers,...
Final Senate vote on NAACP-opposed US Attorney General nominee William Barr may be as soon as 2/12/19
On February 7, 2019, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted, by a margin of 12 yeas to 10 nays and along straight party lines, to send the nomination of William P. Barr to the floor of the full Senate with a positive recommendation for consideration. We now need to...
NAACP President: Dehumanizing African-Americans with blackface has real consequences
Words and images have meaning. They have weight. And they have consequences. In America, the most powerful and dangerous of these words and images were born in times of intense oppression and hatred. These racialized depictions and icons of speech litter our current...
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