Senator Frist and Friends Pursue Thinly-Veiled Attempt to Distract Voters with Discrimination
On May 25th, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese called out Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's politically motivated attack on[…]
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Governor Dean's Comments Reflect Serious Lack of Leadership
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding Governor Howard Dean's recent comments on the Christian Broadcasting[…]
Read moreEpiscopal Dean Asked to Apologize for 'Terrorist Bomb' Comment
In an Associated Press story out of California, Rev. Paul Zahl, dean of Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry in Ambridge,[…]
Read moreVermont Governor's Veto Puts State Behind Public on Non-Discrimination
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement regarding Vermont Gov. James Douglas's veto of a bill prohibiting[…]
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[…]
Read moreNAACP Supports Rally and Campaign to Stop Sudan Genocide
Bruce S. Gordon, President and CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has called on NAACP members[…]
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