Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is scheduled to address convention goers at the NAACP Convention in Downtown Houston Wednesday morning. Romney’s speech in Houston is…

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From DefenderNetwork.com: The NAACP Houston has a new president in the person of Reverend Reginald Lillie, associate minister at Greater True Faith Missionary Baptist Church. Lillie replaces D.Z. Cofield, pastor of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church, who, along with the NAACP Houston board members, was suspended in June from acting on behalf of the NAACP’s […]

The 21st Annual NAACP Theatre Awards went down last night in Los Angeles where Raven-Symone received the Spirit Award for bringing energy, tenacity, innovation, commitment and talent to the local theater scene. (She starred in “Father’s Day” with Rosie Perez earlier this year). The “Salute To Black Theatre” event also brought out Diahann Carroll, who […]

Uncle Luke At NAACP Mayoral Debate About a week ago, a NAACP debate at the New Birth Baptist Church in Miami took place, where Luke Campbell and seven other Mayoral candidates participated. Things between Luke and mayor candidate Mr. Wilbur “Short Stop” Bell got a little heated, after Campbell make a statement that candidate Julio […]

A recent study was done at YourBlackWorld.com in regards to the NAACP nominating hip-hop artists like Jay Z and Nicki Minaj for awards, when they use derogatory terms toward women and the “N-word” in their raps. The survey sparked from The survey posed this question to participants: “The NAACP Image Awards recently nominated artists like […]

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VIA AOL BLACKVOICES: Phillip Sciarello, a publisher and part owner of the Smithtown Messenger in Long Island, is defending his newspaper after a picture appeared that some believe to be a racist stereotype of the First Family. The picture depicts President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama as characters from “Sanford and Son.” The public backlash […]

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Via NewsOne.com: Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who as executive director of the NAACP increased the group’s stature, has died. He was 85. State Rep. Ulysses Jones, a member of the church where Hooks was pastor, said Hooks died early Thursday at his home, following a long illness. Hooks became […]

The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.  Roslyn M. Brock, 44, was chosen to succeed Julian Bond. She had been vice chairman since 2001 and a member of the NAACP for 25 years. Brock works for Bon Secours Health Systems in Maryland as vice president […]

In the summer of 1908, the country was shocked by the account of the race riots at Springfield, Illinois. Here, in the home of Abraham Lincoln, a mob containing many of the town's "best citizens," raged for two days, killed and wounded scores of Negroes, and drove thousands from the city. And because of this the NAACP was born.

On February 12, 2009, the NAACP will mark its 100th anniversary. Spurred by growing racial violence in the early twentieth century, and particularly by race riots in Springfield Illinois in 1908, a group of African American leaders joined together to form a new permanent civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored […]