Local NAACP chief resigns amid criticism of Sterling award
The head of the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP resigned Thursday night amid criticism of the group's plan to honor Clippers owner Donald Sterling with a lifetime achievement award. In a statement,...
View ArticleMeet the NAACP's next president
The nation’s largest civil rights organization has chosen a New Jersey-based attorney and activist as its next president.The appointment of Cornell William Brooks comes on the 60th anniversary of the...
View ArticleBiden: Voting restrictions 'pure politics'
Vice President Biden called on the NAACP Wednesday to decry measures that restrict citizens' ability to vote.Speaking at the civil rights group's annual convention, the possible 2016 presidential...
View ArticleFormer NAACP chief eyeing Md. Senate
A former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People could run for the open Senate seat in Maryland created by the impending retirement of Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.),...
View ArticleUnion, NAACP say Dish Network ‘gamed’ rules
The NAACP and a major communications industry union are accusing Dish Network of abusing federal rules to receive more than $3 billion in taxpayer subsidies.The civil rights group and the...
View ArticleEx-NAACP chapter president breaks silence: ‘I identify as black’
Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP chapter president who resigned amid accusations she concealed her identity for special treatment as a black person, has broken her silence in a nationally televised interview....
View ArticleEx-NAACP head backs Sanders
A former president of the NAACP will endorse Bernie Sanders for president, giving the Vermont senator an influential African-American voice of support ahead of the South Carolina primary.CNN is...
View ArticleObama to meet with Black Lives Matter activists
President Obama will meet with civil rights activists both young and old Thursday, including leaders in the Black Lives Matter movement.“On Thursday afternoon, President Obama will meet with a group of...
View ArticleA former Black Lives Matter leader's case for school choice
Education is key to having any chance at a decent life in this country, especially if you’re black, brown, or native. That’s why all parents should be able to choose scholarship and rigor at whatever...
View ArticleSheriff David Clarke: The NAACP has sold out black America
Recently a North Carolina NAACP official stated, “Many black people who become police officers become blue, not black. In order for you to survive in a police department, you take on the police...
View ArticleNAACP Legal Defense Fund: Sessions should be disqualified for attorney...
Almost everyone has filled out an application for a job. The process is straightforward. Read the application questions and fill in the answers fully and truthfully. In most cases, the application asks...
View ArticlePast is prologue for Jeff Sessions: Why did the AG meet with a hate group?
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has always been a divisive and controversial figure.His past in terms of race has always been called into question. Sessions was rejected by the Senate in 1986 because...
View ArticleNAACP warns black travelers over 'disturbing incidents' with...
The NAACP on Tuesday warned African-Americans about traveling on American Airlines, citing a number of "disturbing incidents" that it claimed were discriminatory, according to media reports."The series...
View ArticleJohn Lewis says he may not attend Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opening if...
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said Wednesday he is reconsidering whether to attend this weekend’s opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum after the White House announced President Trump will be...
View ArticleCivil rights community doesn’t need to look Farr for racism in Trump court...
Our decision to protest President Trump’s visit to the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum wasn’t simply about the insult of his presence to the legacy of civil rights, it was also about his...
View ArticleNAACP official: Trump judicial nominee 'a product of the modern white...
The president of North Carolina's NAACP ripped President Trump's nominee for a federal court in the Tar Heel State, referring to him as "a product of the modern white supremacist machine.""Among...
View ArticleNAACP sues DHS over protections for Haitian immigrants
The NAACP is suing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after its decision to cancel a temporary residence program that's allowed nearly 59,000 Haitians to live and work in the United States.The...
View ArticleMinnesota school district drops 'Huckleberry Finn,' 'To Kill a...
Schools in Duluth, Minn., will no longer be required to read two American classic novels as part of their English curriculum after reports the language inside was making students uncomfortable.The...
View ArticleNAACP sues Trump for failing to prepare to count minorities in 2020 census
The NAACP is suing President Trump and his administration for failing to take steps to fully count minorities during the upcoming 2020 census, saying that undercounting will cause minority communities...
View Article50 years after Kerner and King, racism still matters
“Segregation and poverty have created in the racial ghetto a destructive environment totally unknown to most white Americans. What white Americans have never fully understood — but what the Negro can...
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