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HBCU Student Honors Kamala Harris at NAACP Image Awards

Ashley Brown — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:00:00 +0000

At the 2025 NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, California, Devin Freeman, a North Carolina Central University senior majoring in political science, made a memorable appearance. He presented former Vice President Kamala Harris, who received the esteemed Chairman’s Award, during the ceremony on Saturday. Representing NCCU and Future Leaders Freeman confidently took the stage before a […]

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114th NAACP Convention Was a Weekend of “Thriving Together”

Nyah Peebles — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 16:53:02 +0000

This year, with the inspiring theme of “Thriving Together," the 114th NAACP National Convention brought the Black community together for an empowering and immersive experience celebrating the community's collective power.

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JSU Alum Cornell William Brooks Receives Harvard Kennedy School Appointment

HBCU Editors — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 03:54:16 +0000

Cornell William Brooks, former president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), civil rights attorney, and ordained minister has joined Harvard Kennedy School as professor of the practice of public leadership and social justice. He is the first leader of a national civil rights organization to join the Kennedy […]

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Tougaloo Alumnus And NAACP Prez Derrick Johnson Offers His Own Take On SOTU

Tommy G. Meade Jr. — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:52:58 +0000

Derrick Johnson offered his own take of President Donald Trump and the State of the Union last night. The Tougaloo College graduate and NAACP CEO and President gave his opinion in an email sent to those subscribed to the latest news regarding the NAACP. Here’s the entire text below. “As the Washington Post reported, we […]

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NAACP Delivers Another Successful Convention

Brittany Ireland — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:25:52 +0000

This week, the NAACP’s 108th Annual Convention took place in Baltimore, MD. With the theme “steadfast and immovable” setting the tone for the business at hand, attendees quickly realized that this convening was rooted in purpose and urgency. Politicians, humanitarians, civil rights leaders, youth advocates, and concerned people of color united under one roof to […]

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5 Howard Students Arrested Protesting Sessions’ Nomination

Jacinth Jones — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:58:34 +0000

Five Howard University students were arrested Tuesday afternoon after staging a nonviolent sit-in, protesting the confirmation hearing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions — demanding that he withdraws his nomination at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. According to Howard University’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (HU NAACP) twitter […]

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Police Disband NAACP Sit-In At Jeff Sessions’ Office, Six Arrested

Tommy G. Meade Jr. — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:10:59 +0000

Mobile, AL police diffused a NAACP sit-in to protest the nomination of US Sen. Jeff Sessions as US attorney general, with at least six people arrested. Five men and one woman, including Jackson State University graduate and NAACP President Cornell W. Brooks, were arrested late Tuesday. The @NAACP & @AlabamaNAACP are occupying the Mobile office of […]

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Black Twitter Drags Wendy Williams Over HBCU Comments

Tommy G. Meade Jr. — Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:41:40 +0000

Wendy Williams recently found herself under fire after her comments on historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), Jesse Williams’ acceptance speech for BET’s humanitarian award, and the NAACP. While many cheer over some of the outrageous things the talk show host says on her TV show “The Wendy Williams Show” on celebrities and pop culture, […]

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Obama Discusses Criminal Justice Reform During NAACP National Convention

HBCU Editors — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:51:53 +0000

President Barack Obama chose Philadelphia and the NAACP 106th National Convention as the place and space to announce his criminal justice overhaul proposal. More than 3,000, including many from Northwest Philadelphia, filled the Pennsylvania Convention Center’s ballroom Tuesday, July 14. There, he said he would focus on three places to implement criminal justice reform: the […]

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A Colorado NAACP Office Was Bombed Today

HBCU Editors — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 14:20:05 +0000

In what appears to be an attack on a well-known civil rights organization, an “improvised explosive device” detonated on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Colorado Springs, Colorado NAACP, according to a statement by the FBI. No one was killed or injured in the explosion, and there was “only minimal surface charring to the exterior […]

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