Thirteen organizations — which include the ACLU, NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Action Network, and Rainbow Push Coalition — sent…
Last Friday, a judge denied a preliminary injunction, which would have staved off the state’s voter suppression law, H.B. 589, from this November’s general elections.…
NAACP/PR — LAS VEGAS, Nevada– Vice President Joe Biden will deliver remarks to thousands of delegates, members and guests of the National Association for the…
As the nation celebrates the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 this week, a new fight for voting rights…
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) announced it is partnering with the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP and more than 200 of its coalition partners to encourage more citizens to register to vote. In honor of the historic efforts of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project 50 years ago, the current movement — Moral Freedom […]
The “45TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS” NOMINEES ANNOUNCED Two-Hour Special Airs Live on Saturday, February 22 on TV One at 9:00 p.m. ET (PT tape-delayed) One-Hour…
NAACP president Benjamin Jealous issued a statement following the George Zimmerman verdict calling for the Department of Justice to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. A jury in Sanford, Florida has found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin. I know I am not alone in my outrage, anger, and heartbreak over this […]
Charlotteans were among the estimated 1,500 people who descended upon the General Assembly on Monday to protest impending legislation by the state legislature. Monday’s turn out for Moral Monday was the largest to date since the protest started two months ago. The rally and protest inside the Legislative Building focused on upcoming unemployment benefits cuts […]
Progressive protests against a wave of conservative legislation in the North Carolina State House show little sign of weakening at the one month milestone. Case…
After an IRS official acknowledged that the agency flagged some 75 conservative groups for additional reviews due to their names including the words “tea party” or…
It seems the Republican lawmakers behind North Carolina’s conservative statehouse agenda should get used to seeing the faces of protestors both at work at the…
