NAACP Blasts Facebook Unwillingness to Remove Political Propaganda

NAACP Blasts Facebook Unwillingness to Remove Political Propaganda

BALTIMORE (December 4, 2019) – Last month, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, along with several Civil Rights leaders, met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other company leaders to discuss concerns regarding Facebook’s policy on political ads. A letter was...
Restoring and Strengthening the 1965 VRA

Restoring and Strengthening the 1965 VRA

In 2013 the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Shelby v. Holder in which the Court decided that Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which establishes the formula that is used to determine which states and jurisdictions must comply with preclearance, is...
NAACP Statement on Senator Harris Historic Race

NAACP Statement on Senator Harris Historic Race

Today, the NAACP released the following statement on Senator Kamala Harris ending her 2020 Presidential Race: “Senator Harris has chipped away at a barrier in the of tradition of Shirley Chisholm and Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun by being the third Black woman to...
President Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Next Steps

President Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Next Steps

Now that the House the Intelligence Committee has concluded its public hearings into possibly impeaching President Donald Trump, the inquiry enters a new phase.  The intelligence Committee will send a report to the House Judiciary Committee summarizing its...