Virginia NAACP Announces Melanie Campbell, President/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation as Keynote Speaker for 89th Annual Convention in Williamsburg, Virginia The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) is pleased to announce Melanie Campbell, President/CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, as the keynote speaker for the Freedom Funda Gala. The Freedom Fund Gala is the premier event during the Annual Convention.“Ms. Campbell is recognized as one of the...

Virginia NAACP Laments Recent School Shootings and Threats and Calls for Action The NAACP Virginia State Conference (Virginia NAACP) expresses its profound sorrow over the recent tragic school shootings in Winder, Georgia, and the alarming threats of violence in Page County, Augusta County, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. According to a recent report by CNN, there have been 50 school shootings this year in the United States. While this is lower than last year’s 82 school shootings, if patterns move as they have...

Empowering Black Women In The WorkplaceForbesFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: forbes.com

The NAACP publication that was once a major source of news, poetry and essaysNPRFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: npr.org

‘Somewhere somebody failed': Families, NAACP call for probe into inmate deaths in jailNBC6February 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: nbcmiami.com

NAACP calls on Department of Justice to investigate rash of inmate deaths at Broward jailCBS NewsFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: cbsnews.com

NAACP seeks federal probe of Florida county’s jail system following deathsAPFebruary 1, 2024 Go to Source Author: apnews.com

Virginia NAACP and Students Sue the Shenandoah County School Board A new lawsuit alleges the Shenandoah County School Board violated the US Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Educational Opportunity Act by reinstating Confederate school names.On May 9, 2024, the School Board approved renaming Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School to their prior Confederate names, Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School. The three namesake Confederate leaders –...

Virginia NAACP Condemns Shenandoah County School Board’s Decision to Name Public Schools after War Heroes of the Confederate States of America On Thursday, May 9, 2024 the Shenandoah County School Board upheld “Lost Cause” ideals by renaming Mountain View High and Honey Run Elementary, Stonewall Jackson and Turner-Lee respectively. Confederate military leaders, Brigadier General Turner Ashby, Jr., General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and General Robert E. Lee, all fought valiantly as citizens of the Confederate States...

Virginia NAACP Condemns Efforts to Name Schools after Confederate Generals The NAACP Virginia State Conference NAACP (Virginia NAACP) condemns all efforts to add or retain the names/images of Confederate leaders on public property. Our reasoning is sound: Military leaders of the Confederate States of America took up arms against the United States of America and fought to preserve and expand the peculiar institution of slavery. These hateful, white supremacist ideals should not be memorialized anywhere the public–which...