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15 Jul 2013, 6:11 am by Staci Zaretsky
[New York Daily News] * In the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, the NAACP is pressing for federal charges and a civil suit may be in the works. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 8:00 am by Karen Tani
Hers was a test case organized by the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) to go all the way to the U.S. [read post]
17 Jul 2009, 10:00 am
  The most difficult barriers include structural inequalities that our nation's legacy of discrimination has left behind; inequalities still plaguing too many communities and too often the object of national neglect. [read post]
18 Nov 2016, 12:28 pm by Chris Mirasola
His 1986 nomination to a federal judgeship was quashed by the Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee following allegations that Sessions referred to the NAACP and other civil rights groups as “un-American” and “Communist-inspired. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 1:11 pm by Jennifer Davis
”  The song was later made the official hymn of the NAACP in the 1920s, when Johnson was the head of the organization. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 2:05 pm
  In February, 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded in New York. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 9:38 am by David Centeno
In light of the current state of our nation, please consider donating to the following organizations by clicking on the links below: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National Association of Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)            Thank you for doing your part to keep this country a safe place for all. [read post]
24 Jun 2014, 7:41 am by Andrew Hamm
Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared at the American Constitution Society’s national convention with her former high school classmate, Columbia law professor (and former director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund) Theodore M. [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 12:18 pm
He has been credited with creating the National Afro-American League, which was the precursor to the NAACP. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 12:30 am by Dan Ernst
  Distinguished panelists will include Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel for the, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.; Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at The George Washington University and legal affairs editor of The New Republic; Risa L. [read post]
10 Mar 2016, 10:00 am by Dan Ernst
Excessive use of deadly force by police officers is under intense scrutiny from the national media, policymakers, and social activist groups across the country. [read post]
15 May 2013, 8:01 am by Dan Ernst
Before being appointed to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon Johnson, Marshall was a lawyer for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Federal Judge (1961-1965), and Solicitor General of the United States (1965-1966). [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 12:41 pm by J. Bradley Smith, Esq.
NAACP” stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. [read post]
1 Feb 2012, 9:36 am by Steve Hall
In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and his decades-long court battles gained him a national and international following. [read post]
4 Jun 2020, 11:46 pm by Tom Smith
The NAACP is helping to organize armed patrols of minority-owned business. [read post]
2 Jan 2024, 10:58 am by Claudia Van Wyk
” The proliferating southern NAACP branches of the time would relay information about lynchings back to New York, where Walter White’s NAACP would broadcast the news by hanging out the banner. [read post]