NAACP
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Founded 1909, the NAACP is the nation's first and largest grassrootsβbased civil rights organization. Over 2,000 volunteer-run branches nationwide.
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'The NAACP remains committed to using every tool at our disposal to ensure that all Black Americans have access to clean drinking water. When elected leaders fail us, it is our community that carries us forward.' bit.ly/3Uyyefd
β Derrick Johnson, NAACP President & CEO
'Justice delayed is justice denied.'
Patrice Willoughby, SVP of Global Policy and Impact at the NAACP, recently spoke with CBS News about the call for President Biden to pardon former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby.
Read more here: cbsn.ws/3QFj4DM
Reflecting on my days at Tougaloo1869 following the Two Rivers Gala on Friday, where I was honored with the Light of Justice award.
Tougaloo taught me to challenge injustices at every turn and to strive for a more equitable society. It was a full-circle moment.
'The sad reality is, as Black women take their rightful places in positions of power, dark forces seek to tear down both their progress, and that of our community.β
βDerrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO
Read our full statement: bit.ly/3UMVbN4
To our Black educators: Your influence extends far beyond your classroom walls. You instill confidence, foster creativity, and ignite curiosity in your students that drives lifelong learning.
Today, we celebrate you! π©πΎβπ«ππ¨πΎβπ«
#NationalTeachersDay
If a student can be expelled for racist taunts, a congressman (Rep. Mike Collins) can be held accountable for celebrating their behavior.
Urge your representative to take action by ensuring that congressman is investigated: bit.ly/3UNqOGn
'We stand on the steps where we argued in this very court to ensure that our children could sit in the seats at the very universities that they are now protesting.'
βWisdom Cole, National Director of NAACP Youth & College, during Friday's #FreedomToLearn rally. ππΎ bit.ly/4bkcfj0
A Black Woman was victim to pandering, racist remarks and gestures, and hateful speech with the hope of breeding fear, isolation, and retreat.
She marched forward anyway.
I hope racists like Mike Collins took note of that as well.
#ForCultureForCommunity