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NAACP High Point Branch Presents: Black Agenda Healthcare Forum When: Thursday, April 04 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Williams Memorial CME Church, 3400 Triangle Lake Rd, High Point, NC 27260 Format: Hybrid In-Person and Online Panel Discussion with Q&A Live Stream...

High Point NAACP Achieves 2023 Branch of the Year

The education, advocacy, and actions of the High Point Branch NAACP,  #5405B,  was recognized at the 80th Annual NAACP State Convention,  held September 28-30, 2023, in Wilmington NC. Our High Point University Collegiate Chapter was present to celebrate with us. The...

High Point City Council Pass Recommendations ~ One High Point Commission on Reparations

The High Point Branch of the NAACP announces, “High Point City Council passes recommendations by the One High Point Commission on Reparations.”  The recommendations are based on quantifiable data submitted by subject matter experts. To review the data presented by the...

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Print this order form You may submit your filled order form with your payment or email it back using the email address on the bottom of the form. Use the link below to pay and upload your order form....

SB 747 (Omnibus Elections Bill) Problematic, Discriminatory, and Suppresses the Vote

Our democracy is based on freedom, fairness, and choice. But here in North Carolina, a power grab is upon us. Extremists who want control over our elections are pushing for legislation that would limit our freedom to vote and diminish our voices. Our election process...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Medicaid Unwinding Problematic for the Most Vulnerable

With the national emergency declaration ending May 11, 2023, another national emergency evolves – more than half of those with Medicaid coverage will be terminated (3 million African Americans, 5 million Latinos, 1 million Asian and Pacific Islanders).  The first...

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates “Tell Your NC Representatives to Reject SB 747.”

This anti-voter bill would inject needless meddling by extremists who seek to limit access to the ballot box. The so-called N. C. Election Integrity Network is up to “no good.”    Senate Bill 747 Would: Allow anyone to violate privacy and challenge legitimate...

Celebration of Father’s Day

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us as we pay tribute to our community’s most courageousgentlemen. The men of honor in our lives who have made significant contributions to our families, our churches, and our community. During the Father’s Day...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Say “NO” to So-Called Election Integrity “The Rise of Jim Crow”

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates say “NO” to so- called election integrity ~ “The Rise of Jim Crow.” A moment in time is upon us and “terms of endearment” that define this moment compels us ~~ “ the inalienable right for everyone to vote without threat or...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates ~ Pass HB 44 ~ Repeal the Literacy Test

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates ~~ Repeal the Literacy Test. The literacy test was added to the North Carolina Constitution shortly after so-called white supremacists overthrew Black elected officials and murdered hundreds of Black North Carolinians in...
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Black Agenda Healthcare Forum

NAACP High Point Branch Presents: Black Agenda Healthcare Forum When: Thursday, April 04 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Williams Memorial CME Church, 3400 Triangle Lake Rd, High Point, NC 27260 Format: Hybrid In-Person and Online Panel Discussion with Q&A Live Stream...

High Point NAACP Achieves 2023 Branch of the Year

The education, advocacy, and actions of the High Point Branch NAACP,  #5405B,  was recognized at the 80th Annual NAACP State Convention,  held September 28-30, 2023, in Wilmington NC. Our High Point University Collegiate Chapter was present to celebrate with us. The...

High Point City Council Pass Recommendations ~ One High Point Commission on Reparations

The High Point Branch of the NAACP announces, “High Point City Council passes recommendations by the One High Point Commission on Reparations.”  The recommendations are based on quantifiable data submitted by subject matter experts. To review the data presented by the...

NAACP Shirts for Sale

Print this order form You may submit your filled order form with your payment or email it back using the email address on the bottom of the form. Use the link below to pay and upload your order form....

SB 747 (Omnibus Elections Bill) Problematic, Discriminatory, and Suppresses the Vote

Our democracy is based on freedom, fairness, and choice. But here in North Carolina, a power grab is upon us. Extremists who want control over our elections are pushing for legislation that would limit our freedom to vote and diminish our voices. Our election process...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Medicaid Unwinding Problematic for the Most Vulnerable

With the national emergency declaration ending May 11, 2023, another national emergency evolves – more than half of those with Medicaid coverage will be terminated (3 million African Americans, 5 million Latinos, 1 million Asian and Pacific Islanders).  The first...

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates “Tell Your NC Representatives to Reject SB 747.”

This anti-voter bill would inject needless meddling by extremists who seek to limit access to the ballot box. The so-called N. C. Election Integrity Network is up to “no good.”    Senate Bill 747 Would: Allow anyone to violate privacy and challenge legitimate...

Celebration of Father’s Day

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to join us as we pay tribute to our community’s most courageousgentlemen. The men of honor in our lives who have made significant contributions to our families, our churches, and our community. During the Father’s Day...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates Say “NO” to So-Called Election Integrity “The Rise of Jim Crow”

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates say “NO” to so- called election integrity ~ “The Rise of Jim Crow.” A moment in time is upon us and “terms of endearment” that define this moment compels us ~~ “ the inalienable right for everyone to vote without threat or...

High Point Branch NAACP Advocates ~ Pass HB 44 ~ Repeal the Literacy Test

The High Point Branch of the NAACP advocates ~~ Repeal the Literacy Test. The literacy test was added to the North Carolina Constitution shortly after so-called white supremacists overthrew Black elected officials and murdered hundreds of Black North Carolinians in...

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December 19, 2019

Challenge to inadequate census preparations will proceed

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Prince George’s County, Maryland, and other plaintiffs won an important appeals court ruling [hyperlink] today, which reinstates their federal suit challenging the federal government’s inadequate plans for conducting the 2020 Census after the district court erroneously dismissed it. The ruling today will aid efforts to ensure that the 2020 Census properly counts all people, including historically undercounted communities of color, who are at risk of being missed under the Census Bureau’s current plans.

“Mindful of the Supreme Court’s recent guidance affirming judicial review of ‘both constitutional and statutory challenges to census-related decision-making’ . . ., we conclude that the district court erred in dismissing the plaintiffs’ Enumeration Clause claims as unripe,” a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit wrote in an opinion authored by Judge Barbara Keenan on December 19, 2019. The Court directed the District Court to expeditiously proceed with the plaintiffs’ claims under the Enumeration Clause.

Chief Judge Roger L. Gregory added in a concurring opinion: “If Congress is in violation of the Enumeration Clause’s mandate, it cannot take refuge behind the fig leaf of deference to administrative procedure. Nothing is more existential to the preservation of the ‘Republic’ than requiring an ‘actual Enumeration’ without ‘partiality or oppression.’”

The suit, NAACP et al. v. Bureau of the Census, was filed in March 2018. Plaintiffs allege that the Bureau’s deficient plans for the 2020 Census will lead to an undercount of communities of color, leading to decreased political representation and diminished allocations of federal funding for plaintiffs. The suit seeks to ensure the government fulfills its legal obligations to enumerate the entire population.

“Today’s decision moves us closer to our goal of ensuring that African Americans and other historically undercounted communities are fairly and accurately counted in the 2020 census, a necessary predicate to equal representation in Congress and state legislative bodies,” said NAACP General Counsel Bradford M. Berry. “An accurate count will also ensure that traditionally underserved communities receive their fair share of the billions spent each year on federal program payments in such critically important areas as education, transportation, and health care,” said Berry.

The Department of Commerce is putting hard-to-count populations at risk of a severe undercount in 2020 by slashing field infrastructure, drastically cutting the resources dedicated to community outreach and advertising, and reducing follow up with individuals who do not initially respond to the census questionnaire.

“The government’s decisions about the 2020 Census will have a deep impact on racial inequality over the next 10 years and beyond,” said Robert Ross, President of the Prince George’s County NAACP Branch, which is also a plaintiff in the suit. “By cutting key programs and resources meant to ensure that traditionally neglected communities are properly counted, the government is perpetuating a cycle of political and financial disempowerment.”

“This is a critical step for Prince George’s County, and other traditionally undercounted communities, as we work to ensure that we have the resources and opportunity to achieve a complete count in 2020,” said Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks. “As a result of the undercount during the 2010 Census, our County lost out on approximately $363 million in federal funding; money that goes to help us fund schools, infrastructure and healthcare. We are now closer to ensuring that Prince George’s County and other traditionally undercounted communities receive the public resources and political representation they are due.”

The proceedings before the Fourth Circuit stemmed from an appeal by the plaintiffs. In opinions in January and August 2019, Judge Paul W. Grimm of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland dismissed plaintiffs’ case. The Fourth Circuit today reversed Judge Grimm’s decisions and reinstated the plaintiffs’ constitutional claims, while affirming the dismissal of their separate claims under the Administrative Procedure Act.

“This ruling provides hope that some of the decisions that will undercount communities of color can be redressed in time for the 2020 Census,” said Rachel Brown ’20, a law student intern with the Yale Law School Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic. Brown argued the appeal together with Jessica Ring Amunson of Jenner & Block LLP, co-counsel for the plaintiffs. “This decision gets us closer to a more just 2020 Census and shines a light on the critical issues at stake in the decennial census,” added Amunson.

The Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic at Yale Law School, Jenner & Block, and the NAACP Office of the General Counsel represent the plaintiffs.

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities.

The Yale Law School Peter Gruber Rule of Law Clinic encourages a collaborative approach to addressing issues of national security, antidiscrimination, climate change, and democracy through litigation, policy advocacy, and strategic planning. The students working on the case are Rachel Brown ’20, Lisa Chen ’21, Daniel Ki ’21, Nikita Lalwani ’20, Geng Ngarmboonanant ’21, Laura Pietrantoni ’21, and Josh Zoffer ’20.