NAACP President, Chairman & Noted African American Leaders Witness Reauthorization of Voting Rights Act
Almost exactly one week from making the declaration, President George W. Bush made good on a promise by signing the[…]
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NAACP Receives $1.5m Grant from Verizon to Strengthen Information Technology Systems
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was recently awarded a three-year $1.5 million grant from the Verizon[…]
Read moreNAACP Challenges Convention Goers to Walk Their Way to Health
At the NAACP 97th Annual Convention, Pfizer Inc and the NAACP renewed their commitment to empowering African Americans to take[…]
Read moreCongress Should Stop Stalling and Pass the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said Congress should stop delaying a vote on the bi-partisan legislation that would authorize and[…]
Read moreNAACP Takes A Closer Look At Television Diversity
Diversity on broadcast network television has been an issue for years . In 1999 the networks joined the NAACP and[…]
Read moreNAACP Supports Bi-Partisan Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) strongly endorsed legislation introduced today in the U.S. Senate and[…]
Read moreNAACP Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality Of Plan To Resegregate Omaha Public Schools
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has filed a federal lawsuit with the NAACP Legal Defense[…]
Read moreNAACP Asks Inspector General to Review IRS Actions Regarding Release of Documents Related to Tax Exempt Probe
The NAACP has asked J. Russell George, Inspector General of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), to review[…]
Read more52 Years after Supreme Court Outlawed Legal School Segregation Inequities in School Funding Persist
Fifty-two years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision that legal segregation of public schools violated the U.S. Constitution in[…]
Read moreNAACP To Monitor City, Businesses During Black Bike Week
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is keeping a close eye on the city of Myrtle Beach[…]
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