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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…

Happy Birthday, Julian Bond, Civil Rights Hero!

January 14, 2013

A champion for Black and LGBTQ rights, Julian Bond held positions in politics, education, and activism over his life.

Meet the Nation’s Next Civil Rights Leader

November 27, 2012

Law professor Sherrilyn Ifill is stepping into a new role as the lead of the Legal Defense Fund according to a press report.

This Day in Black History: Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers is Born

July 2, 2012

We celebrate the birthday of Medgar Evers, a man’s whose death was one of the catalysts for the Civil Right Movement

Social Movements and Organizations of the 1960s, 70s and 80s

June 17, 2012

The 1960s saw an upsurge in civil rights and other organizations promoting freedom and equality for blacks and women. The 1970s brought a backlash against those movements by well-funded and well-placed organizations of the Right seeking more freedom for corporations and a return to traditional roles for women. In the 1980’s, hip-hop and punk rock music expressed anger at “The Power” through their lyrics instead of through actions to change laws.