Jun 26, 2020
June 26, 2020 – Today, the NAACP and the Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP renewed their calls to the Mississippi State Legislature for immediate removal of the Confederate battle symbol embedded into the heart of the Mississippi flag. Both organizations have...
Jun 26, 2020
Despite the fact that D.C. residents pay federal taxes, serve on juries and defend our nation in times of war, the residents of the District of Columbia are barred from having voting representation on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate....
Jun 26, 2020
June 25, 2020 — The NAACP applauded today’s bi-partisan passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of H.R. 7120, the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.” The legislation represents unprecedented action and a significant first step to prevent and...
Jun 25, 2020
All across our nation, people are beginning to speak out about the horrors and brutality of law enforcement misconduct and the fact that people of color, disproportionately African Americans, are treated more harshly by law enforcement officers – often fatally. People...
Jun 23, 2020
WASHINGTON – Leading civil rights advocates hosted a press briefing call today to outline why senators must oppose the Republican policing “reform” legislation, the JUSTICE Act. The Senate is expected to take a procedural vote to advance the legislation on Wednesday....
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