By Danette Mitchell The Tri-City NAACP (Vacaville, Fairfield and Suisun City) recently hosted its sold-out annual Freedom Fund Gala at the Sunrise Banquet Hall and Event...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Rev. Donald R. Scurry of Joshua Christian Church at the Chapel of the Chimes annual clergy appreciation. Photo by Eric Marshall Photography....
Chapel of the Chimes Oakland is partnering with the Oakland chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on a free community...
The NAACP, in conjunction with Oakland Alliance of Black Educators, Elders of Oakland, Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce and Pastor Gerald Agee, will host a...
By Charles Cole Recently, the NAACP called for a moratorium on charter schools, which would deal a blow to African-American families and their right to...
A leader of the Oakland branch of the NAACP is joining efforts of civil rights groups calling on Mayor Libby Schaaf to rescind her unilateral decision...
Martha Waggoner, ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber walks gingerly with a cane, in a hunched-over posture, yet here he is...
(The Washington Post) – If you’re a Democrat and/or you’ve ever attended a fundraising dinner for Democrats, it’s probably been named after these two men: Thomas...
(New York Daily News) – Rachel Dolezal is braiding hair to make ends meet after her racial identity controversy put her in the crosshairs. The ex-NAACP...
(Vanity Fair) – It’s safe to say that Rachel Dolezal never thought much about the endgame. You can see it on her face in the local-TV...
A partnership between the local NAACP and Miami-Dade State Attorney highlights a lack of police prosecution By Derek Joy Special to the NNPA from The...
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – Immediately following President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia this week, NAACP President Cornell W....
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP to keep fighting for equality in...
By Samaria Bailey Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch pushed the NAACP to keep fighting for equality in...
Ryan J. Reilly, The Huffington Post The criminal justice system is “particularly skewed by race and by wealth,” President Barack Obama said on Tuesday in...
KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The president of the Atlanta NAACP says the civil rights group wants Confederate symbols — including a giant carving...
“We find ourselves at crossroads in history” By Larry Miller Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – NAACP president and CEO Cornell W....
Aaron Morrison, THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES PHILADELPHIA (The International Business Times) — After a white supremacist gunned down nine worshippers at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, a voting rights trial is expected to begin that will challenge North...
by John Zippert Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Shelby County Chapter of the NAACP with support from the statewide organization and...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If Rachel Dolezal had looked around, she would have discovered that a White person does not have...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If Rachel Dolezal had looked around, she would have discovered that a White person does not have...
Lucas L. Johnson II, ASSOCIATED PRESS BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man in the black-and-white photograph on Jim Emison’s desk seems to look right...
Lucas L. Johnson II, ASSOCIATED PRESS BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The man in the black-and-white photograph on Jim Emison’s desk seems to look right...
(Politico) – “Are you African-American?” For Rachel Dolezal, the question seemed almost rhetorical. The now embattled former president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the...