NAACP Legal Defense Fund sues Fayette County over ‘discriminatory’ 2021 electoral map • Tennessee Lookout
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging Fayette County’s 2021 election map as racist. The lawsuit filed in the Western District of Tennessee alleges that the map adopted by the Fayette County commissioner was “selected, at least in part, with the intent to discriminate against black voters, violating the constitutional […]
NAACP Crowns Dave Chappelle With President’s Award, Shunning Comedian’s Transgender Critics
Dave Chappelle will be the first comedian to win the Presidential Award at the 2025 NAACP Image Awards on February 22nd. NAACP issued a statement on its official Instagram page on Tuesday. “Comedy legend and culture icon @davechappelle will be awarded the prestigious Presidential Award at the 56th NAACP Image Awards and joins past winners […]
Yuma NAACP Chapter invites the community to their Juneteenth celebration
Saturday, June 17th from 6-10pm at Carver Park YUMA, Ariz. (KECY, KYMA) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter in Yuma has been in operation for 91 years and will host a commemorative Juneteenth Celebration on Saturday from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm. We plan to hold it again. at […]
DEVON WESTHILL: Defund The NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is one of America’s greatest organizations ever founded. Today’s leaders stand on the shoulders of former giants such as W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune and Thurgood Marshall. So it doesn’t make me happy to say that this once venerable, prestige, and courageous […]