Tag: NAACP
NAACP Chair Says He Hopes Florida Travel Advisory Leads to Smart Voting
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
NAACP Board of Directors Chair Leon Russell told NNPA Newswire that the civil rights organization’s Florida...
NAACP Issue Travel Ban on Florida in Response to Governor’s ‘Hostility’ Toward Minorities
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
The NAACP Board of Directors has issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida.
According...
NAACP Sues Mississippi Over ‘Separate and Unequal Policing’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to Mississippi’s majority-Black capital under a...
Yes, Earth Day Is for Black Folk
by Maya Richard-Craven, Word in Black
From being exposed to air pollution and contaminated water, to surviving hurricanes and storms, Black folks already know climate change...
S.F. NAACP Clarifies Statement on $5M Payouts: Reparations Should Be Cash Payments, Plus “Investments”
By Antonio Ray Harvey and Manny Otiko, California Black Media
The San Francisco Branch of the NAACP is engaged in a public information blitz to...