July 2007 - Posts

• NAACP Public Opinion Survey

  The NAACP wants to know what you think. Participate in NAACP's opinion survey on current policy issues... http://www.naacp.org/survey/index.php?sid=3 Read More... Posted Jul 31 2007, 10:42 AM by NAACP.org

• Boycott decision to come this week

  The state NAACP plans to announce this week whether it will encourage a national boycott of Smithfield Foods Inc. over labor issues. http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=268598 Read More... Posted Jul 31 2007, 08:52 AM by NAACP.org

• Local NAACP chief voices concerns about upcoming school year

  With only five weeks remaining until the start of fall classes for students in the state-run Recovery School District, community leaders and residents have voiced a great deal of concern about what conditions will be like for students attending New Orleans... Posted Jul 30 2007, 01:12 PM by NAACP.org

• The NAACP's Battles Are Much the Same as 100 Years Ago

  It was ninety-eight years ago, during the first week of 1909, when three people met to form what would become the NAACP. One was the descendant of abolitionists, the second was Jewish, and the third was a Southerner – a Southerner whose mother's... Posted Jul 30 2007, 12:32 PM by NAACP.org

• Police Investigate Possible Hate Crimes in Fremont

  FREMONT -- Police in Fremont are investigating possible hate crimes directed at the NAACP. http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=6853387 Read More... Posted Jul 30 2007, 08:49 AM by NAACP.org

• Crime is hot topic at summit for NAACP

  Youth leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's Indiana Conference are gathered in Clarksville this weekend for a summit. http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070728/NEWS02/707280469 Read More... Posted Jul 30 2007, 08:47 AM by NAACP.org

• Activists re-enact grisly lynching in search for justice

  With help from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the National Urban League and the NAACP, the bureau compiled a list of several cases and doled them out to FBI field offices, which were instructed to report back on the viability of the cases. http://www... Posted Jul 27 2007, 09:05 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP says authorities need to conduct intimidation probe

  HENDERSON, N.C. (AP) - NAACP leaders in North Carolina are calling on state and federal authorities to investigate what the group considers racial and witness intimidation. http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=6846421&nav=S6aK Read More... Posted Jul 27 2007, 08:36 AM by NAACP.org

• Sharpton Criticizes GOP No-Shows

  ST. LOUIS (AP) - Civil rights leader Al Sharpton said Thursday black voters should punish Republicans who fail to show for presidential candidates' forums hosted by the National Urban League and the NAACP. http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story... Posted Jul 26 2007, 04:56 PM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Lends Its Support to 'JENA 6'

  The NAACP and its partners are providing considerable resources in defense of six Louisiana teens, who in the last several months, have faced overly aggressive prosecution and extended incarceration for fighting with whites in their community. http:/... Posted Jul 26 2007, 01:04 PM by NAACP.org

• Coffee Mug Fuels Controversy

  The issue arose Wednesday night after the NAACP met with members of the Commission on African American Affairs to discuss how to address recent allegations of rampant racism within the state police and state Department of Correction. http://www.courant... Posted Jul 26 2007, 08:46 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP lashes out against hate mail

  HENDERSON, N.C. -- The NAACP says thousands of fliers containing hate mail have been sent to people in Henderson. http://news14.com/content/headlines/585305/naacp-lashes-out-against-hate-mail/Default.aspx Read More... Posted Jul 26 2007, 08:44 AM by NAACP.org

• Univ. NAACP chapter brings home image awards

  At the 98th Annual NAACP National Convention in Detroit, the chapter was awarded the coveted honor for Best Collegiate Chapter of the NAACP. http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2007/07/26/News/Univ-Naacp.Chapter.Brings.Home.Image... Posted Jul 26 2007, 08:42 AM by NAACP.org

• Subprime Time

  Federal regulators and lawmakers have yet to show signs of seriously spanking the mortgage banks behind the subprime lending fiasco, so another grassroots organization has sued 14 of the country's biggest lenders for "institutionalized systemic... Posted Jul 26 2007, 08:39 AM by NAACP.org

• Report Card on Prejudice in America

  GSN has partnered with several leading national advocacy groups, including the NAACP, on the Without Prejudice Project. http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20070723/LAM10623072007-1.html Read More... Posted Jul 25 2007, 04:00 PM by NAACP.org