September 2007 - Posts

• NAACP criticizes local school segregation

  WILMINGTON -- They say New Hanover County's school system is still segregated. The NAACP has harsh criticisms over diversity in the county's three magnet schools. http://www.wwaytv3.com/naacp_criticizes_local_school_segregation/09/2007 Read More... Posted Sep 28 2007, 09:33 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP, ACLU Sue State Police Over Racial Profiling Records

  The suit, filed in Baltimore County Circuit Court on behalf of the Maryland NAACP, says police violated the Maryland Public Information Act by denying the civil rights organization some documents and trying to charge excessive fees for others. http:/... Posted Sep 27 2007, 08:57 AM by NAACP.org

• 'We're a part of history'

  Organized by the Rev. Al Sharpton and the NAACP, the rally was held to support six black students expelled from Jena High School who face prison sentences of 15 to 22 years in a racially motivated school fight in which a white student was severely beaten... Posted Sep 21 2007, 08:59 AM by NAACP.org

• Jena, La. Case Attracts Attention In Baltimore

  Charges of racism have split a Louisiana town and what's happening there has now caused the national offices of the NAACP to offer its help. http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_260163642.html Read More... Posted Sep 18 2007, 10:30 AM by NAACP.org

• Rockland NAACP branches urge action

  The two Rockland branches of the NAACP are urging their members and the general public to wear black Thursday in support of a Louisiana man whose prosecution has drawn charges of racism and which black leaders have said harks back to pre-Civil Rights... Posted Sep 18 2007, 10:29 AM by NAACP.org

• Fla. Voter Registration Law Challenged

  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A voter registration law wrongly barred thousands of Florida residents from taking part in the 2006 election and should be thrown out, the NAACP and others said in a federal lawsuit filed Monday. http://ap.google.com/article... Posted Sep 17 2007, 04:44 PM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Remains Committed to Justice in Jena

  NAACP leaders say today's decision by Louisiana's Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Lake Charles is a good start toward correcting the excessive prosecution of six African American students who were originally charged with an array of offenses... Posted Sep 17 2007, 11:27 AM by NAACP.org

• 'Jena Six' backers plan rally; verdict vacated

  The NAACP expects as many as 60,000 people from more than 30 cities to descend this week on Jena, La., a poor, rural community of 3,000 at the center of a racially charged case involving six black high school students charged with beating a white classmate... Posted Sep 17 2007, 08:54 AM by NAACP.org

• Leaders Urge Patience in Torture Case

  Civil rights leaders told a packed church on Saturday to have patience in the legal process and to pray for the recovery of a black woman who was allegedly tortured and sexually assaulted by a group of whites. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3607564... Posted Sep 17 2007, 08:52 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Sends Team to West Virginia

  NAACP leaders are deeply concerned by the horrific acts and crimes related to the reported abuse and repeated sexual assault of a 20-year old black woman in West Virginia, still hospitalized as a result of a week-long ordeal that ended last Saturday.... Posted Sep 14 2007, 01:10 PM by NAACP.org

• Groups press for hate-crime charges

  The NAACP said it was monitoring the case. "We expect the authorities to do the right thing in bringing the responsible parties involved in these despicable and heinous events to justice with the full weight of the law," Julian Bond, chairman... Posted Sep 14 2007, 08:43 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP releases report that grades corporations

  After 11 years of tracking diversity initiatives in major corporations, the NAACP released the 2007 edition of ''The NAACP Consumer Choice Guide.'' The guide, monitored like a student's report card, graded 51 companies on a scale from... Posted Sep 14 2007, 08:41 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP meets with York police on violence

  Residents and city youth concerned with the recent rash of violence in York City are questioning the police response to a homicide in Williams Park late last month. http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_6882349 Read More... Posted Sep 13 2007, 02:57 PM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Heads To Jena

  The Charleston NAACP will head to Lousiana next week to let their voices, and opinions, be heard about what many feel are controversial charges. http://www.wcbd.com/midatlantic/cbd/news.apx.-content-articles-CBD-2007-09-12-0020.html Read More... Posted Sep 13 2007, 08:51 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Upset About New Voter Identification Law

  Today, the NAACP began their push to get voters to the polls and get a voter ID. http://www.wtoc.com/global/story.asp?s=7059714 Read More... Posted Sep 12 2007, 09:34 AM by NAACP.org