NAACP Strategic Expansion to Support Policy and Advocacy Priorities
New York (February 15, 2020)—The nation’s most influential grassroots civil rights organization announced today during its annual national board meeting in New York, a strategic expansion that will further strengthen capacity to effect change at the local, regional...
Bill to make Washington DC a state is on the move!
To correct the gross injustice thrust upon over 700,000 people, almost half of whom are African American who, as residents of D.C. are paying taxes to and dying for a government in which they have no say, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) has introduced H.R. 51, the...
Congressman John Lewis Announced as Recipient of Chairman’s Award for 51st NAACP Image Awards
NAACP Five-Time Image Award Recipient Anthony Anderson Returns as Host for the Live TV Special, February 22, 20202 on BET LOS ANGELES (February 11, 2020) – Today, the NAACP announced that U.S. Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis (D-GA), will receive the...
NAACP Calls For Justice in the Hate Crimes Committed by Holden Matthews
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) released the following statement regarding the federal hate crime charges filed against Holden Matthews in the church burnings in Louisiana: The hate crimes committed by Holden Matthews in St....
NAACP strongly opposes Andrew Brasher’s nomination to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
President Trump has nominated Andrew Brasher to serve on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which covers Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. The Eleventh Circuit presides over the highest percentage of African-American residents of any circuit in the United...
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