NAACP

Samuel L. Jackson will receive the Chairman’s Award during the 53rd NAACP Image Awards this month.

The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, will soon celebrate its 113th birthday, which its leaders say comes as it undergoes a restructuring to reflect a membership and leadership that is trending younger

The NAACP is urging professional athletes to consider not signing with professional sports teams in Texas to protest the state’s controversial voting and abortion laws.

Redistricting is taking place without previous federal protections, and voters of color could lose out even as Census data shows the U.S. is now more diverse.

A North Carolina sheriff says the deputy who shot and killed a man while serving a search warrant has been put on leave pending an investigation

Eddie Murphy was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame at the organization’s show that highlighted works by entertainers and athletes of color.

Critics of Georgia’s new Republican-backed election law have issued fresh calls to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses

Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month.

The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund is launching a scholarship program to create a new generation of civil rights lawyers

As a barrier-breaking year draws to a close, one undeniable fact has emerged: the strength of Black political power

“Shark Tank” veteran Daymond John is hosting a live-streamed special aimed at bolstering Black entrepreneurship

Leader of the NAACP Derrick Johnson weighs in on the outcome of the Breonna Taylor case and calls for people to “vote like you’ve never voted before.”

CBS Television and the NAACP have reached an agreement to develop content that tells stories of the African American experience

A civil rights activist, attorney and writer explain race relations, societal change and the political awakening happening in the United States following the tragic death of George Floyd. When it comes to race, “systemic problems have plagued the nation for not only decades, but for centuries,” says Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People....

Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. An autopsy found that 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back...

Anger and frustration spilled into the streets of Atlanta over the weekend after another police shooting involving a Black man. Rayshard Brooks died from two shots to the back on Friday at a Wendy’s, in a case ruled as a homicide by city authorities.

Los Angeles’ first Mexican restaurant, El Cholo, is joining the fight for racial justice.  On June 11, all dine-in sales from their three LA locations will be donated to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (a legal organization fighting for racial justice) and local businesses that have sustained damages from looting.  That’s because 2020 is not the first time the...

Los Angeles’ first Mexican restaurant is joining the fight for social justice. Kathy Vara reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Thursday June 11, 2020.

Mayor Libby Schaaf took a knee Friday and asked hundreds to join her in honoring the memory of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality.

Young people have been behind some key victories in the protest movement against police brutality, including that some schools are breaking security contracts with local police, said Tiffany Loftin, director of the NAACP Youth and College Division.