“If you are looking for a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you’re looking at him.” This is what Mitt Romney…
The National NAACP Economics Department take its Financial Freedom Center program on tour with a stop in Raleigh today from 10a-4p at the Raleigh Convention Center to help boost the economic recovery of local residents hardest hit by the prolonged economic recovery. The tour stop will provide local residents access to hands-on expertise through financial planners, […]
The 21st Annual NAACP Theatre Awards went down last night in Los Angeles where Raven-Symone received the Spirit Award for bringing energy, tenacity, innovation, commitment and talent to the local theater scene. (She starred in “Father’s Day” with Rosie Perez earlier this year). The “Salute To Black Theatre” event also brought out Diahann Carroll, who […]
MIAMI-The NAACP is requesting that a civilian panel investigate the killing of eight black men in the past ten months. Related: Top 9 Must See Black Films The Miami Herald reports: Meanwhile, the ACLU presented a letter Tuesday to the city’s Civilian Investigative Panel, listing dates and names of the men killed by police between […]
Reports are coming out of Georgia that prison guards have retaliated with violence in response to the Georgia Prison strike that took place last month. According to Georgia State NAACP President Edward Dubose, inmates have been beaten with hammers and other foreign objects allegedly in retaliation for their participation in the strike. President Dubose says […]
Judson Phillips, the leader of Tea Party Nation has called the NAACP a “liberal hate group” on his website. The Huffington Post Reports: Judson Phillips, head of Tea Party Nation, recently released his picks for 2010’s “top five liberal hate groups.” Among them is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a selection […]
Nashville, Tenn. — Nashville’s NAACP wants to have a sit down meeting with the mayor and police chief about what they call a “chronic problem” with recruiting and promoting black officers.
Michael Teasley, a white man in his mid-30s and a political science major at Jackson State University, has just been elected president of the school’s NAACP chapter. Derrick Johnson, NAACP state president, said the selection of a white man to lead a local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People shows […]
South Carolina — The NAACP will be protesting the 150th anniversary secession ball in Charleston, South Carolina. State reports: NAACP members and supporters plan to hold a peaceful march in downtown Charleston the day of the ball, on Dec. 20, followed by a meeting and question-and-answer session focusing on slavery. Participants will watch segments of […]
VIA: WRAL.COM The country’s most prominent civil rights group has come to Raleigh to draw attention to what it calls a growing erosion of the gains made since a 1954 Supreme Court decision made segregated schools illegal. Using Wake County’s ongoing debate over school diversity as a backdrop, the NAACP is holding a national conference […]
The NAACP says the tea party movement provides a platform for “anti-Semites, racists and bigots.” “The Tea Party movement has unleashed a still inchoate political movement who are in their numerical majority, angry middle-class white people who believe their country, their nation, has been taken from them,” reads the report, posted Wednesday on a National […]
The L.A. Times has uncovered emails between Obama administration officials regarding the firing of Shirley Sherrod from the Agriculture Department over statements taken out of context by right wing blogger, Andrew Breitbart. Hundreds of pages of e-mails released to the Los Angeles Times/Tribune Washington Bureau under the Freedom of Information Act provide a detailed, behind-the-scenes […]
