The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation’s oldest African American civil rights group, voted Saturday to support a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage at its board meeting in Miami, Fla. “The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality of all people,” said Roslyn M. […]
Following a spate of voter suppression laws that could prevent up to 5 million voters from heading to the voting booth for the upcoming presidential election on Nov. 6, the NAACPhas launched a state-by-state campaign to register, educate, and turn out voters. The effort is the organization’s largest and most-comprehensive electoral effort in recent memory […]
NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous was joined by radio host Tom Joyner, American Urban Radio Networks Program Operations President Jerry Lopes and others on Tuesday to unveil a joint phone initiative to empower potential voters. 1-866-MY-VOTE-1 is a hotline that provides information on voter registration, polling locations and tools to report incidents at polling […]
In the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death, the NAACP urged Congress Tuesday to swiftly take up a decade-old bill that would define and examine how much of a problem racial profiling is in America. On a day when the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on racial profiling, Hilary Shelton, director of the NAACP’s Washington […]
Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes has joined a group working to end marriage discimination in Ohio. “The time is now to grant two loving people the Freedom to Marry. Not since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 has there been a more important step to achieving equality for all Americans,” Forbes said, in a prepared […]
NAACP is leading the charge to protect voting rights. As the United States heads into a election year there are reports of voting struggles bubbling…
Yolanda Adams delivered a moving performance dedicated to the late Whitney Houston tonight at the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. Click here to take a look at the video of Yolanda Adams’ emotional delivery of “I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry.” WATCH: Brian Courtney Wilson: “Whitney Was Unprotected…” [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] WATCH: […]
The NAACP mourns the loss of actress and activist Jane White, the daughter of the late civil rights leader and NAACP Secretary Walter White. Jane White passed away July 24th, 2011 at the age of 88. “Jane White was an esteemed member of our NAACP family who was an active supporter and participant in many […]
The NAACP mourns the loss of actress and activist Jane White, the daughter of the late civil rights leader and NAACP Secretary Walter White. Jane White passed away July 24th, 2011 at the age of 88. “Jane White was an esteemed member of our NAACP family who was an active supporter and participant in many […]
What is considered by some to be a cultural “best kept secret” is abuzz: the annual NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics, in short, the acronym ACT-SO program. The ACT-SO National Competition for 2011 commenced on July 21st in California, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. There were about 800 participants from cities all […]
What is considered by some to be a cultural “best kept secret” is abuzz: the annual NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics, in short, the acronym ACT-SO program. The ACT-SO National Competition for 2011 commenced on July 21st in California, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. There were about 800 participants from cities all […]
LOS ANGELES — The NAACP hosted a LGBT forum at its 102nd national convention to discuss lesbian and gay issues within the Black community. Civil Rights activist and former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, CNN anchor Don Lemon, and comedienne Wanda Sykes were three of the panelists who spoke before members. In the town hall styled […]
