Tag: naacp
NAACP Calls Judge Ketanji Jackson’s Hearing ‘One for the Ages’
By Alex Backus
msn.com
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a message of gratitude in her opening remarks Monday, as she shared a strong sense of American...
Edelman: Honoring Sherrilyn Ifill, departing top lawyer for NAACP
By Marian Wright Edelman
Sherrilyn Ifill, the wonderful President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), just announced she will step...
Eddie Murphy inducted into NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Murphy was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame at the organization’s show that highlighted works...
NAACP Sues Trump and Giuliani Over Capitol Insurrection
By Ashlee Banks
Essence
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss) filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and...
Alabama Power among those honored at NAACP State Conference
By Alabama Newscenter Staff
The 68th Annual Convention of the Alabama NAACP State Conference was held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-3 with the theme “No Vote, No Justice.”...
Alabama NAACP Responds to Gov. Ivey’s Blackface Apology
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
The Alabama State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) put out a statement Thursday evening...
50th NAACP Image Awards: Here Are The Winners
By Kimberley Richards
Black Voices
The NAACP Image Awards celebrated 50 years of existence this year with the annual awards ceremony on Saturday.
The show was telecasted...
NAACP Celebrates 110th Anniversary of Freedom Fighting
By Stacy M. Brown
BlackPressUSA
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People – NAACP – was founded 110 years ago after a deadly race...
Starbucks to close over 8,000 stores on Tuesday for anti-bias training
The Associated Press
Starbucks will close more than 8,000 stores nationwide on Tuesday to conduct anti-bias training, the next of many steps the company is...
Photo Gallery: 2017 Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Awards
Times Staff Report
Photos by Stephonia Taylor McLinn
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) on Saturday hosted its combined 2017 Fred L. Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award...