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Upholding Voting Rights in the memory of Dr. King
[20 Jan 2012 | Comments Off | Please wait]
Upholding Voting Rights in the memory of Dr. King

By Benjamin Todd Jealous President & CEO, NAACP This year, on the day our nation celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I proudly stood alongside NAACP State Conference presidents on the steps of the capitol building in Columbia, South Carolina for the annual King Day at the Dome March and Rally. The event has grown [...]

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Troy Davis executed in Georgia despite protests
[24 Sep 2011 | 3 Comments | Please wait]
Troy Davis executed in Georgia despite protests

Compiled by Courier Staff Despite years of stays, appeals, protests and even a last minute apparent review of the case by the U.S. Supreme Court, the State of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis on Wednesday evening. The official time of death was 11:08 pm eastern time. Davis refused a last meal, spent most of his [...]

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NAACP’s Benjamin Jealous to speak at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial March & Rally
[13 Aug 2011 | Comments Off | Please wait]

This week, the NAACP announced that president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous will speak at the National Action Network’s (NAN) The Emancipator (Abraham Lincoln) To the Liberator (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) Official Rally & March on Saturday, August 27th 2011, in Washington, DC. “This is an historic moment in civil rights and American history,” [...]

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National Urban League and NAACP heads meet with President Obama
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National Urban League and NAACP heads meet with President Obama

By Marc H. Morial President and CEO of the National Urban League “It is clear that the unemployment numbers throughout the country require effective legislation and tangible action to address the crisis. To address the unemployment crisis and the need for job creation solutions in underserved communities, the CBC has called upon the private and [...]

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Despite $2.2 billion from Black consumers, Toyota shows no thanks
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Despite $2.2 billion from Black consumers, Toyota shows no thanks

Black Publishers and National Leaders unite behind NNPA Chairman Bakewell to hold Toyota accountable By Jasmyne A. Cannick, NNPA Nat’l Correspondent WASHINGTON D.C. – Toyota Motor Sales USA executives have angered National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Chairman Danny Bakewell Sr. and America’s preeminent Black newspaper publishers after the troubled carmaker backed out of a multi-million [...]

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NAACP calls for emerging leaders to shape young professionals civil rights agenda at Leadership 500 Summit
[26 May 2011 | Comments Off | Please wait]

(BALTIMORE, MD) – The NAACP issued a call today for all emerging leaders to join Association Chairman Roslyn M. Brock in Hollywood, Florida during Memorial Day weekend. The seventh annual Leadership 500 Summit will encourage discussions on a revitalized civic agenda that lays groundwork for young professionals in the modernday civil rights movement. “In 2011, [...]

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Education over incarceration
[16 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | Please wait]

By Jasmin K. Williams Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Education over incarceration is the message of a report released by the NAACP. The nation’s oldest civil rights organization is challenging America to re-evaluate its spending priorities in the report, titled “Misplaced Priorities: Under Educate, Over Incarcerate,” which was introduced at [...]

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NNPA and NAACP vow to work closer together
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NNPA and NAACP vow to work closer together

By Christopher Fleming of the NAACP and Walter Smith of the NNPA Recently there was an issue between the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the NAACP. NNPA member publishers had become upset when they discovered that the NAACP had inserted multi-page Viewer’s Guide advertising for its 42nd Image Awards in several markets throughout the [...]

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NAACP honors memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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(Baltimore, MD) – The NAACP honors the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the federal holiday celebrating his life and achievements. Dr. King is considered the formative figure in the modern fight for civil rights. He led numerous boycotts, marches and rallies in the 1950’s and 1960’s, including the historic 1963 March on [...]

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NAACP leader makes national news as he played role in Scott Sister’s release from prison after 16 years
[14 Jan 2011 | Comments Off | Please wait]

By Elmetra Patterson Many across the country cheered at a news conference that was held by the president and CEO, Benjamin Todd Jealous, of the NAACP on December 29, 2010. None cheered louder than local leader, Charles Hampton, president of the Winston County Branch NAACP, Louisville, MS and the 1st Vice President of the Mississippi [...]

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