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 [...]

(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, [...]

By Stacey Patton Special to the NNPA Understandably, the killing of Osama bin Laden unleashed strong emotions among Americans – relief, satisfaction, fears of retribution, denial, and even exuberance. But, there was something distasteful about the raucous celebrations that took place outside the White House, in Times Square and at Ground Zero. The late night [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Area high school students are encouraged to participate in the annual Afro-American, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO), competition sponsored by the Milwaukee Chapter of the NAACP. The competition will be held on Saturday, April 9, from 1:00pm until 5:00pm, at Milwaukee High School of the Arts, 2300 W. Highland Ave. “ACT-SO is a shining [...]

NAACP Units from across Wisconsin marched to the State Capitol Feb. 26, 2011 to participate in a rally in solidarity with Wisconsin’s public employees and support the rights of all employees to collectively bargain. Accordingly, the NAACP urged the Assembly and Senate to reject the proposed “Budget Repair Bill”. The bill threatens to effectively extinguish [...]

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has been a part of my life and my families’ for as long as I can remember. This civil rights organization has done so many things to bring justice and equality for Americans of every color. It is ironic that many feel that the NAACP [...]

(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 [...]

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 [...]