NAACP Calls For An Investigation Of Baltimore City Fire Department Recruitment Practices
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, NAACP, in the wake of published reports that Baltimore City Fire Department has hired an[…]
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Providence Branch Secures Redistricting Voting Victory
The NAACP Providence, Rhode Island branch recently landed a voting victory when the First Circuit Court of Appeals found a[…]
Read moreKansas Sends Dramatic Message Against Constitutional Discrimination
On March 26th, The Kansas State Senate rejected a discriminatory amendment to the state constitution that would have denied marriage[…]
Read moreUtah Deserves More Than Divisive Politics
On March 23rd, Utah Gov. Olene Walker signed a divisive and discriminatory measure into law that restates a 1996 Utah[…]
Read moreCivil Rights Leader John Lewis Testifies Against Changing Constitution
On March 23rd, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., delivered powerful testimony against a discriminatory change to the Constitution, said the Human[…]
Read moreNAACP Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee Hearing Opposing Discriminatory Constitutional Ban On Marriage
The Human Rights Campaign applauded the testimony of Hilary Shelton, director of the Washington, D.C., Bureau of The National Association[…]
Read moreHRC Condemns Wisconsin Senate Passage Of Anti-Family Constitutional Amendment
The Human Rights Campaign condemned the Wisconsin Senate passage of a constitutional amendment that would deny marriage, civil unions or[…]
Read moreHRC Lauds Michigan House Defeat Of Anti-Marriage Constitutional Amendment
The Human Rights Campaign lauded the Michigan House of Representatives defeat of a proposed constitutional amendment that would have denied[…]
Read moreThe Pain of Those Left Behind
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Madrid, separated from the United States by a great ocean,[…]
Read moreOne Step Forward; Two Steps Back
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Because news about the gradual recovery of the economy at[…]
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