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August 3, 2017
The NAACP has issued a travel advisory to people of color, warning them that traveling to Missouri might just be…
July 30, 2017
NAACP has announced a “groundbreaking” partnership with Airbnb following the many allegations that black guests have not been treated fairly
May 22, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — NAACP President Cornell William Brooks will not be returning as the leader of the nation's oldest civil…
May 16, 2017
Elizabeth “Liz” Ana Smith, president of the Eureka branch of the NAACP in Northern California, has not been seen since
May 11, 2017
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber, who led the state NAACP in blocking North Carolina's attempts to limit…
May 11, 2017
The NAACP Florida State Conference is calling for the resignation of Bethune-Cookman University president for inviting Betsy DeVos to speak…
March 15, 2017
A North Carolina NAACP chapter confronted the Asian store owner whose filmed attack of a black woman he accused of…
January 16, 2017
Another Martin Luther King Day is upon us. And this year, the slain civil rights leader’s birthday comes at a
January 11, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of one of the largest African-American civil rights organization told Congress on Wednesday that Sen.…
November 8, 2016
On the eve of Election Day, Chance the Rapper led thousands of millennial voters to the polls for early voting…
October 15, 2016
At a time in our history when we proudly witnessed the opening of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American…
October 13, 2016
On Wednesday, Jack Greenberg, a civil rights icon who effectively fought for civil rights before the United States Supreme Court,…
August 22, 2016
On Sunday afternoon, a group of armed white supremacists surrounded the NAACP building in Houston, Texas, with banners that read,
August 2, 2016
Recently, Wendy Williams caused controversy and uproar when she made comments questioning the need for HBCUs and the NAACP. She
July 18, 2016
Even as the Republican National Convention is taking place in Cleveland this week, Hillary Clinton is speaking across the state
July 10, 2016
After Wendy Williams denounced HBCUs, the NAACP and Jesse Williams in general, Chevy has pulled their sponsorship from her show. It
June 30, 2016
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan…
May 20, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s police chief resigned Thursday at the request of the mayor hours after an officer
April 18, 2016
Sometimes “keeping it real” goes wrong- even when you’re a pastor. The Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina
April 18, 2016
Sometimes “keeping it real” goes wrong- even when you’re a pastor. The Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina