This week’s Certification decisions by two separate districts of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals addressing challenges to Wisconsin’s Photo ID requirement does not change the current status of the law. Wisconsin’s Photo ID law remains enjoined for the April 3 elections. These two Certification decisions send all aspects of Attorney General Van Hollen’s appeals of [...]

Thousands of protesters travelled to Madison on Saturday for the anniversary of Governor Scott Walker’s attack on Wisconsin workers by stripping collective bargaining rights. Members of The Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP stood strong a year ago and continue to stand against the governor’s extreme policies that continue to hurt Wisconsin and especially Milwaukee. The [...]

The Reverend Dr. John R. Walton, Jr., Senior Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church of Milwaukee, the church’s Get Out the Vote (GOTV) Committee and the Political Action Committee of the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP have joined forces to co-host an opportunity for our churches , family , friends and others in the community to become [...]

Hupy and Abraham, S.C. continues to support the Milwaukee Branch NAACP Scholarship Fund. Members of the law firm’s staff were in attendance at the NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Dinner which was held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. More than 600 people turned out for the event. Keynote speaker [...]

The Milwaukee branch of the NAACP held a press conference Wed., June 22, to present a report on the devastating impact of segregation, job loss and the cycle of poverty and incarceration on African Americans in Milwaukee. The “Occasional Report of the NAACP Milwaukee Branch” was prepared by R.L. McNeely, a lawyer and professor of [...]

Compiled by Courier Staff Following a much contentious campaign, amid suspensions, and national office intervention, the Milwaukee Branch of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) elected a new president, Civil rights attorney James H. Hall Jr.. Hall launched a reform committee to take control of the Milwaukee branch of the NAACP, [...]