The runoff in Mississippi between Mike Espy and Cindy Hyde-Smith is Tuesday Nov. 27 and Roland Martin emphasizes the importance. Derrick Johnson, President/CEO of the NAACP, calls the runoff a “turnout game” meaning, “whoever gets their people back to the polls wins.” There are typically 40% less voters who come out during runoff elections, but if […]
It’s election time and the NAACP is working to get people to the polls! The NAACP is the oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization. President and CEO Derrick Johnson says this election they decided to really invest in data and technology to get “infrequent voters” to the polls. “Infrequent voters,” are people who don’t […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — Democrat Ben Jealous said Tuesday that if he were elected governor over a popular Republican incumbent he would support broadening a new Maryland gun-control law to restrict firearms access to people found to be a risk to themselves or others. The former NAACP president also said he would stand up to President Donald […]
Jacque Reid goes Inside Her Story with president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Sherrilyn Ifill. Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing starts today and Ifill says that’s ridiculous. “This hearing should not be happening,” especially because the president who nominated him is basically, “an unindited conspirator,” she said. The Supreme Court is the highest authority […]
Roy Wilkins will be forever immortalized by way of Gil Scott-Heron’s stirring “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” poem, and his legacy is still greatly respected. Today is the late NAACP leader’s birthday. Roy Ottoway Wilkins was born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1901. After losing his parents at a young age, he was raised […]
ATLANTA — When NAACP Georgia State President and several members of the nation’s oldest Civil Rights organization scrambled to attend the Randolph County 2-person Randolph County Board of Elections hearing which arbitrarily proposed to close polling places in Georgia’s predominately Black communities, she was appalled. “We know how various tactics for voter suppression have been […]
The names of James Chaney and Medgar Evers are well-known in civil rights lore as both men were killed while fighting for voter equality in the South. Elbert Williams does not enjoy the name recognition of the aforementioned but he too was murdered for the same reasons, and his murder case from 1940 was recently […]
The National NAACP, the Myrtle Beach Branch of the NAACP and three individuals filed a complaint and motion for preliminary injunction in U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina alleging that the City of Myrtle Beach and the City of Myrtle Beach Police Department discriminate against African-American tourists. The complaint alleges that there are stark differences […]
New York—during its annual public board meeting in New York City, the NAACP announced several key partnerships designed to expand the reach, impact and effectiveness of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organizations. During its public annual board meeting, the Association announced partnerships with key organizations of color designed to help mobilize voters […]
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, better known as the NAACP, was founded on this day in 1909 in response to a violent race riot in Illinois the year prior. Today, the civil rights organization boasts a membership of more than 300,000 continuing its quest to speak for the disenfranchised. In August […]
The NAACP is investigating the response of the Bartow County Law Enforcement in the arrests of 70 people for less than an ounce of marijuana. At least 63 people at a house party in Cartersville, Georgia were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of possession after police were unable to identify the owner of the […]
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines has apologized to two members of the Memphis Grizzlies’ NBA G League affiliate who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant wrongfully accused them of stealing blankets. Airline spokesman Joshua Freed said Tuesday that Memphis Hustle guard Marquis Teague and forward Trahson Burrell boarded the Sunday […]
