NAACP Hails Georgia Supreme Court Decision To Overturn The Marcus Dixon Conviction
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hailed the Georgia Supreme[…]
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History Made As Massachusetts Issues Marriage Licenses To Same-Sex Couples
History was made on May 17th as Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to issue marriage licenses to[…]
Read moreSetbacks And Wins In State Constitutional Battles
The Minnesota and Alabama legislatures adjourned on May 17th without passing discriminatory marriage-ban amendments to their state constitutions. However, a[…]
Read moreHRC To The White House: Debate The Economy, Not Changing The Constitution
In a letter to Laura Bush about her comments on the same-sex marriage debate, HRC President Cheryl Jacques recently encouraged[…]
Read moreNAACP Welcomes DOJ Complaint Against Cracker Barrel
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said the NAACP welcomed the[…]
Read moreThe Complexity of Black Achievement
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Eighty-four-year-old Charles Butler, Sr., of Washington, D.C., didn't make this[…]
Read moreBuddy Fletcher’s Gift
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League As I'm sure many Americans were, I was astonished—and happy—last week[…]
Read moreFighting for Freedom
By Cheryl Jacques, HRC President, C. Dixon Osburn, SLDN Executive Director, and A.J. Rogue, AVER President We've all heard the[…]
Read moreHRC Commends MTV Launch Of "LOGO," 24/7 GLBT-Themed Channel
The Human Rights Campaign commended the May 24th announcement by MTV launching LOGO, a 24/7 gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender-themed[…]
Read moreFour Myrtle Beach Area Restaurants Sued For Discrimination
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and several individual plaintiffs filed federal civil rights class action[…]
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