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5 Oct 2021, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Whitmer Vetoes 4 Election Bills at NAACP Dinner, Says They Perpetuated ‘Big Lie’” by Clara Hendrickson (Detroit Free Press) for MSN Ethics National: “U.S. [read post]
22 Sep 2021, 9:05 pm by Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
In 2021, Florida joined a national trend of red states passing new, regressive voting laws in the wake of the 2020 election. [read post]
19 Sep 2021, 3:02 pm by Tom Smith
” According to the bill text, each of these groups would get to select one member for the commission: the Massachusetts Teachers Association; the American Federation of Teachers of Massachusetts; the Boston Teachers Union; the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents; the Massachusetts Association of School Committees; the Massachusetts Commission on Indian Affairs; the Collaborative of Asian American, Native American, Latino and African American Institutes of the University of… [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 9:48 am
From 2005 to 2010, Judge Thomas worked as an Assistant Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where she was a Liman Fellow from 2005 to 2006. [read post]
31 Aug 2021, 4:45 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
They openly and explicitly promulgate data on individuals’ demographic characteristics (from race to gender to income level) and political preferences and beliefs (including support for the NAACP, ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and the National LGBTQ Task Force), and on current US government and military personnel. [read post]
Steedley had been the president of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter as an undergraduate—a role that had opened his eyes to DEI inequities and societal participation when it came to wealth creation. [read post]
Steedley had been the president of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter as an undergraduate—a role that had opened his eyes to DEI inequities and societal participation when it came to wealth creation. [read post]
5 Aug 2021, 3:53 am by SHG
The NAACP wasn’t being racist when the words “colored people” were chosen for its name. [read post]
4 Aug 2021, 6:28 am by Jennifer Davis
Even with support from the local African American community, the NAACP, SNCC and at times the Department of Justice, violence and arrests continued. [read post]
3 Aug 2021, 9:00 am by Karen Tani
Throughout its history, the national office of the NAACP advocated for Black female rape survivors only rarely. [read post]
25 Jul 2021, 9:08 pm by Timothy D. Lytton
Individual gun violence victims, civic organizations such as the NAACP, and big-city mayors started filling public nuisance claims against gun industry defendants in the late 1990s. [read post]
12 Jul 2021, 9:45 am by Tom Smith
As a former executive director and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and a statewide youth assistant to Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s, I believe this ruling presents one of the most significant wins for civil rights in decades. [read post]
7 Jul 2021, 6:59 am by Laura Ray
  The 112th NAACP National Convention is taking place virtually July 7-14, featuring numerous forums and workshops with policymakers, activists, and organizers. [read post]
6 Jul 2021, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
So did a coalition of groups including the ACLU and the NAACP LDEF.There was less uncertainty about the politics of the other blockbuster case handed down last Thursday. [read post]
2 Jul 2021, 5:30 am by Jennifer Davis
As a result of Evers’ activism, the NAACP hired him as the first field secretary in Mississippi. [read post]
21 Jun 2021, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
U.S. notes that although African-Americans typically lacked the financial resources to file suit, the NAACP, founded in 1909, persuaded a U.S. attorney to challenge Oklahoma’s grandfather clause, which had been enacted in 1910. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 2:16 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Led by prominent civil rights groups and nonprofit organizations including ADL, Color Of Change, Common Sense, Free Press, LULAC, Mozilla, NAACP, National Hispanic Media Coalition, and Sleeping Giants, Stop Hate for Profit garnered the support of thousands of businesses that paused spending on Facebook and Instagram advertisements in July 2020. [read post]