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By Us, For Us: The Crucial Role of the Black Press

August 8, 2015

This exhibit gives a short history of the black press, some of the important journalist involved, and the vital role it has played in advancing the ideals of American democracy and supporting African American identity and culture.

NAACP Ends 15-Year Boycott Of South Carolina

July 13, 2015

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced Saturday the end to its 15-year economic boycott of the state of South Carolina.

NAACP and Family Lawyers Are Looking Into Lennon Lacy’s Hanging Death

October 22, 2014

The NAACP is examining the investigation into Lennon Lacy’s death, which authorities ruled a suicide despite conflicting evidence.

Who Was the Unsung Hero of the 1964 Civil Rights Act?

July 2, 2014

Activist Clarence M. Mitchell Jr.’s name might not be known in every household, but his actions with the NAACP changed history.

NAACP: Stop-and-frisk Ruling a ‘Groundbreaking Victory’

August 12, 2013

New Yorkers oppose the city's abusive and constitutionally suspect Stop & Frisk policy. The stop-and-frisk program still disproportionately affects minority residents, and it has become the subject of three federal lawsuits. In Floyd v. the City of New York, plaintiffs argue that the Police Department is stopping and frisking people based on race rather than reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior.

The NAACP calls a ruling against the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk activities is a type of illegal racial profiling.

It’s Not Your Grandmother’s NAACP

May 25, 2013

For more than 100 years, the NAACP has worked for racial equity, focusing on issues such as education and environmental justice.

This Day in History, the NAACP Was Founded

February 12, 2013

From Wikipedia The NAACP was founded on February 12, 1909 by a diverse group composed of W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Archibald Grimké, Henry Moscowitz, Mary White Ovington, Oswald Garrison Villard, William English Walling (the last son of a former slave-holding family), Florence Kelley, a social reformer and friend of Du Bois, and Charles Edward Russell, a renowned muckraker and close friend of Walling who helped…