The civil rights leader thinks Rachel Dolezal's parents are really to blame for her recent scandal.
NAACP Stands Behind Rachel Dolezal
Rachel Dolezal, an NAACP chapter president in Spokane, Washington, is being accused of lying about her race.
Former NAACP president Benjamin T. Jealous is currently considering making a run for the Maryland Senate seat Barbara A. Mikulski will depart from in 2017. The New York Times is reporting Jealous, who was the youngest person ever to serve as president for the NAACP, has remained mum on the news but sources close to him claim his currently thinking […]
A Tennessee GOP member is raising eyebrows over a comment she made on her Facebook. Rep. Sheila Butt of Maury County made many jaws dropped over her response to an open letter from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) imploring Republican leaders to have their future presidential candidate reach out and “engage Muslim voters” and “reject Islamphobia.” […]
On Tuesday, three Americans Muslims were tragically killed by Craig Stephen Hicks over a dispute about parking. Hicks has since surrendered to police and has been charged with three counts of first degree murder and the Muslim community is in mourning. In a loving show of support, the NAACP released a statement today about the […]
Loretta Devine took home the 2015 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her role as Hallie The Hippo in “Doc McStuffins,” a Disney and Disney Junior cartoon series about a little Black girl who can “fix” toys, with help from her stuffed animal friends. This cartoon has become a wildly popular hit […]
#TeamBeautiful promptly covered the attempted bombing of Colorado Springs’ NAACP building (and to be fair, online newspapers like the Los Angeles Times did as well) but yesterday, social media revealed that if it wasn’t for Twitter and Facebook statuses, many wouldn’t have known about it, which is unfortunate. MUST READ: The NAACP Releases A Full Timeline Of Every […]
On Tuesday morning around 10:45AM, an “improvised explosive device” near the NAACP building in Colorado Springs discharged, frightening residents and workers in the area. The South El Paso Street sidewalk and exterior of the left side of the building were slightly ruptured, but thankfully no one was hurt. MUST READ: The NAACP Releases A Full Timeline Of Every […]
On Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Ferguson-Florissant School District for undermining the Black vote for school elections. As stated on ACLU’s official website, the suit is also on behalf of the NAACP’s Missouri chapter and Ferguson’s Black residents that have voiced concern that 77 percent of students are of color, […]
While 2014 has been a particularly explosive year for the Black community and judicial system, the reality is, cops have been getting away with murder for far too long. Earlier this month, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund Twitter page posted a series of tweets that contained only a date, name, and location of every unarmed Black […]
