NAACP Hosts Virtual Press Conference to Address Recent Developments in the Murder Cases of Ahmaud Arbery
Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2020) – The NAACP will host a virtual press conference to address recent developments in the murder case of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, GA, on Friday, May 8, 2020, at 1:00 PM ET. The press conference will call attention to the lack of accountability of law enforcement in the death of Ahmaud Arbery, uplift the rally efforts tsking place in Georgia, and highlight an initiative put forth by the NAACP entitled #WeAreDoneDying. In addition to Ahmaud Arbery, members of the Indianapolis branch will...
NAACP Launches #WeAreDoneDying Campaign, Empowering Black and Brown Communities to Take Action Against Senseless Killings of African Americans
Washington, D.C. (May 7, 2020) – The NAACP, the nation’s foremost social justice organization, has launched a campaign entitled #WeAreDoneDying, aimed at exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at large. From COVID-19 to running while Black in America, the abuse faced by people of color, particularly African Americans is devastating. The campaign is a Call-to-Action and highlights the NAACP’s policy interests and supported legislation for African Americans and people of...
A Coalition of Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Horrific Attack on Ahmaud Arbery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Marc Banks dbanks@naacpnet.org Phoebe Plagens, LDF, pplagens@naacpldf.org, (212) 965-2235 Rachel Noerdlinger (NAN) rnoerdlinger@mercuryll.com Don Owens, (LCCRUL), dowens@lawyerscommittee.org, (202) 934-1880 Teresa Candori (NULO tcandori@nul.org, (212) 558-5362 NAACP, National Urban League, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, and the National Action Network (NAN)...
NAACP Issues Statement After Call with Former Vice President Joe Biden on ‘Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America’
Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2020) – Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, released the following statement on the Lift Every Voice Conference Call with Former Vice President Joe Biden. “I am encouraged by the efforts of Vice President Joe Biden to convene a call to highlight and uplift the often overlooked plight of African Americans, especially during a time when our community is hurting and facing the health and economic impacts of COVID-19 at a disproportionate rate. Ultimately, the litmus test for the plan...
Civil Rights Organizations Call for Defeat of Cory Wilson’s Nomination to Fifth Circuit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – National and state civil rights organizations today announced their vehement opposition to Senate confirmation of Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Last week, the Senate announced it would move Donald Trump’s judicial nominations although millions of Americans are suffering from coronavirus and its impact. Cory Wilson is one of two pending appellate nominees. President Trump initially nominated Cory Wilson to the Southern District of Mississippi. Although the Senate...
NAACP Issues Statement on the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
Washington, D.C. (May 5, 2020) – The NAACP released the following statement regarding the brutal murder of Ahmaud Arbery by two white residents in Brunswick, Ga. James “Major” Woodall, state president, Georgia NAACP stated: “While we acknowledge District Attorney Tom Durden’s intentions to convene a grand jury to bring charges against the men who gunned down Ahmaud Arbery, we recognize that we have a long way to go until we reach justice. The modern-day lynching of Mr. Arbery is yet another reminder of the...
National Rights Groups Call for Pause in Judicial Confirmations Process
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Forty pro-democracy and civil rights groups today joined in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, urging them to halt the process of federal judicial nominations and confirmations at this time. The groups are members of the Fair Courts Task Force of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and wrote to urge “a cessation of the consideration of lifetime judicial nominees at a time when a continued focus...
NAACP and BET Concludes Virtual Town Hall Series with Senator Klobuchar, Governor Whitmer, Governor Cuomo and Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms
[embedded content] Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2020) – The NAACP hosted the fourth installation of its virtual town hall series with state and local legislators from across the country. The final in a four-part series, the town hall focused on the detrimental impact COVID-19 is having on communities of color, specifically Black Americans. The virtual town hall series, the brainchild of a BET and NAACP partnership, created a space for communities of color to hear reliable information from policymakers and ask relevant...
NAACP Condemns Senate Advancement of Judicial Nominations During Deadly Pandemic
Baltimore, MD – Derrick Johnson, president and CEO, made the following statement about today’s Senate Judiciary Committee announcement scheduling a hearing next week for Trump’s judicial nominations, including Justin Walker’s nomination to the D.C. Circuit: “The NAACP is appalled by the Senate’s move to advance Trump’s judicial nominations at this moment of crisis for our country. This constitutes a dereliction of duty of historic proportion. We are in the midst of a once-in-a century pandemic. Shockingly, the United...
NAACP Concludes Four-Part Virtual Town Hall Series with a Focus on State and Local Responses to COVID-19
Washington, D.C. (April 27, 2020) – The NAACP will host the fourth installation of their four-part virtual town hall series, “Unmasked: COVID-19” on Tuesday, April 28, at 8 PM ET /5 PM PT. The fourth episode of the series will address the state and local response to the COVID-19 pandemic with an emphasis on the African American population. The lack of consistent leadership and coordination from the White House has led state and local governments to take on varied approaches in combating this unprecedented public...