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by Stephon Johnson Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News Last Friday, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the American Civil Liberties Union and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court expressing their support for the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health [...]
ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Maryland State Conference of the NAACP and Maryland civil rights leaders joined state legislators today to call for repeal of the death penalty, citing systemic flaws and racial disparities in the capital punishment system. At a morning meeting National NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous met with several community leaders in [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper DemocThe assault on voting rights and voting practices drew loud and targeted protest in New York City Dec. 11 as a coalition made up of civil rights, organized labor and community advocacy organizations staged a march and rally they called the Stand for Freedom in midtown ManhattanThe [...]
By Kimetha Hill, Staff Writer Special to the NNPA from the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint After relishing in an amazing evening with Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams last Thursday, the NAACP, BCA and other local Black organizations rallied hundreds San Diegans together to celebrate the christening of the USNS Medgar Evers T-AKE 13. This momentous event [...]
By Ben Wrobel Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Voice WASHINGTON — With a few steps to the left and a few steps to the right, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin recently demonstrated the NAACP’s renewed focus on healthy living and childhood obesity. Benjamin danced the “Cupid Shuffle” with students [...]
By Lee A. Daniels Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com The equality-loving – so they say – College Republican club at the University of California at Berkeley recently held what they described as a satirical “bake sale” on the storied campus to publicize their opposition to any change in 15-year-old ban against state institutions [...]
By Jennifer French Parker Special to the NNPA from the CrossRoads News After 20 years on death row, convicted killer Troy Davis was executed at 11:08 p.m. on Sept. 21. Davis’ death by lethal injection came four hours later than his scheduled 7 p.m. execution as his lawyers and supporters made a last-ditch [...]
Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com Just days after the 46th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) and Georgia attorney Wayne Kendall filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Fayette County, Georgia’s at-large method of electing members to the County Board of Commissioners and Board of Education [...]
By Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its 102nd Annual Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 23-28. Its theme was “Affirming America’s Promise” of life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, justice, hope, [...]
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