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NAACP challenges voter suppression at 103rd Annual Convention

July 21, 2012

By Ben Wrobel The NAACP took a principled stand against voter suppression at their 103rd Annual Convention last week in Houston, Texas. The theme “Your Power, Your Decision – VOTE” was on full … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ben Wrobel, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Eric Holder, Joe Biden, Mitt Romney, NAACP, NAACP Annual Convention, This Is My Vote

Mitt Romney addresses 103rd NAACP Annual Convention

July 14, 2012

Compiled by Courier Staff This week Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney addressed the 103rd NAACP Annual Convention in Houston, TX. The speech took place during a plenary session on … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Affordable Care Act, Benjamin Todd Jealous, Compiled By Courier Staff, Mitt Romney, NAACP, NAACP Annual Convention, Obamacare, Roslyn M Brock

NNPA’s 2012 Newsmaker Award Recipients call for more involvement from the Black Community during Black Press Week events

March 24, 2012

By Caryn Freeman Special to the NNPA This year’s Black Press Week held in Washington, DC culminated with the award ceremony honoring Ben Jealous, president of the NAACP, who received an award … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Todd Jealous, Black Press Week, Caryn Freeman, Childrens Defense Fund, Illiteracy, Marian Wright Edelman, NAACP, Out of Wedlock Birth, Poverty

Upholding Voting Rights in the memory of Dr. King

January 20, 2012

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 … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Todd Jealous, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., NAACP, Voter ID Legislation, Voting Rights

NAACP mourns passing of Judge Robert Carter

January 5, 2012

(Baltimore, MD) – The NAACP mourns the loss of Judge Robert L. Carter, federal judge and General Counsel for the NAACP during Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka and other landmark cases. In 2004, … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: NAACP, Obituaries, Robert Carter

Calvary Baptist Church and NAACP join forces for deputy registration training

November 12, 2011

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 … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Calvary Baptist Church, Get Out The Vote, John R Walton Jr, Milwaukee NAACP, NAACP

NAACP, Civil Rights leaders mourn loss of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth

October 15, 2011

By Denise Rolark Barnes Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Civil rights icon, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth has died, leaving few remaining living leaders of the U.S. civil rights … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Denise Rolark Barnes, Fred Shuttlesworth, NAACP, Obituaries

PHOTO OF THE WEEK – Milwaukee NAACP Branch held its Annual Freedom Fund Dinner

October 1, 2011

PHOTO OF THE WEEK Milwaukee NAACP Branch, Unit 3254 held its Annual Freedom Fund Dinner on Satruday Sept. 24, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. The Honorable Judge Greg … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cy White Photography, Freedom Fund Dinner, James H. Hall, James H. Hall Jr., Judge Mathis, NAACP, Photo of the Week, Scholarships

Breast Cancer Community Education event to be held on Oct. 8

October 1, 2011

The NAACP is pleased to partner with St. Mary’s - Columbia, the Milwaukee Health Department Well Women Program and Sandford Brown Medical Assistant Program, to provide breast cancer community … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Breast Cancer, City of Milwaukee Health Department, Milwaukee Health Department, NAACP, Well Women

Troy Davis executed in Georgia despite protests

September 24, 2011

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 … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Benjamin Todd Jealous, Compiled By Courier Staff, Death Penalty, Executions, Lethal Injection, NAACP, State of Georgia, Troy Davis

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