Federal Appeals Court: NAACP Prison Gerrymandering Suit May Proceed

Federal Appeals Court: NAACP Prison Gerrymandering Suit May Proceed

Second Circuit rules that first-of-its-kind statewide challenge can move forward New Haven, CT ([DATE]) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) won an important ruling today that allows its federal suit challenging Connecticut’s...
NAACP Statement on Allegations of Misconduct

NAACP Statement on Allegations of Misconduct

Baltimore, MD — On September 26, 2019, NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson issued a letter to Reverend Curtis Gatewood, member of the NAACP Alamance County North Carolina branch, notifying Reverend Gatewood that his membership in the NAACP is...
NAACP supports better hate crimes statistics

NAACP supports better hate crimes statistics

One of our biggest current problems in assessing and responding to hate crimes is the incomplete collection of accurate hate crimes data.  Among other things, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault and Threats to Equality (No...
NAACP Applauds House Decision to Move Forward on Impeachment Inquiry

NAACP Applauds House Decision to Move Forward on Impeachment Inquiry

BALTIMORE (September 24, 2019) — The NAACP applauded today’s announcement by Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to commence a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson made the following...