On Monday, central Arkansas celebrated the birthday of civil rights icon Daisy Bates, who would be 110 years old.

In March, he voiced opposition to Jefferson County ... He’ll remain on the National NAACP’s board of directors for at least another year. The NAACP’s executive committee will select its ...

In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...

Civil rights leader and MSNBC host the Rev. Al Sharpton will deliver the keynote address Friday during the Anne Arundel County NAACP’s annual Freedom Fund Banquet in Annapolis. A yearly ...

Many of which who were forced to do so! SLAVERY,” the NAACP wrote. “Let us know when you’re ready to tell the WHOLE story.” Keith Boykin, a former Clinton White House aide, responded to McGraw by ...

The town house was owned by Francis James Grimké, a prominent clergyman and co-founder of the NAACP, who hosted Douglass’s intimate wedding ceremony in the home’s parlor room. “We just went ...

A six-member panel discussed election issues at the Lima NAACP town hall meeting Saturday at Grace Church Worldwide Ministries. LIMA — The Lima chapter of the NAACP hosted a town hall meeting ...

The NAACP announced today NAACP Capital, a $200 million fund of funds to back fund managers focused on issues that impact people of color. The fund was conceived in partnership with Kapor Capital ...

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