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NAACP leaders at Ole Miss call for expulsion of 3 counter protestors after racist taunts
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWhat happens next? During the meeting, UM NAACP leadership and UM For Palestine also called for more...
Civil rights leader Daisy Bates, singer Johnny Cash to be honored with statues at US Capitol
FOX 29 Philadelphia· 12 hours agoCivil rights leader Daisy Bates and Musician Johnny Cash will be honored with statues at the U.S....
Waller named recipient of Washington NAACP Human Rights Award
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 21 hours agoWaller – a giant in the fight for civil rights in Washington County – re-launched the Washington ...
Civil rights complaint filed against Southwick schools as a result of online mock slave auction
WBUR Boston· 17 hours agoA federal civil rights complaint has been filed against the Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional school district as well as Southwick Regional School on behalf of Skyla Lopez ...
NAACP calls for federal investigation into death of Ohio man in police custody
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe NAACP has called for federal investigation into the death of Frank Tyson, an Ohio man who told...
Challenge to North Carolina’s new voter ID requirement goes to trial
The Washington Times· 9 hours agoThe non-jury trial started more than five years after the state NAACP and several local chapters...
5 years after a federal lawsuit by NAACP, North Carolina voter ID trial is set to begin
theGrio via AOL· 14 hours agoThe NAACP says the voter ID requirement, along with two other voting-related provisions, violate the U.S. Constitution and the Voting […] The post 5 years after a federal ...
Civil rights leaders blast Supreme Court at their doorstep
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCivil rights leaders from around the nation gathered in Washington, D.C., Friday to protest book...
Legendary Civil Rights Leader Medgar Wiley Evers Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
Skanner· 8 hours agoPresident Joe Biden has announced that Medgar Wiley Evers will posthumously receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. My beloved husband, Medgar, was the ...
Civil rights leader, Mississippi native Medgar Evers posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of...
The Vicksburg Post· 4 days agoMississippi native and civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday. Evers, who was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan ...