February 2008 - Posts

• Students Speak About The Importance Of NAACP

  Six students spoke at the NAACP meeting and were awarded for their essays. The crowd listening in included parents, teachers and some of the Charleston Chapter of the NAACP. http://www.live5news.com/news/state/16094302.html Read More... Posted Feb 29 2008, 10:35 AM by NAACP.org

• Ford Motor Company Renews Partnership

  Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 23, 2008 -- Ford Motor Company recently renewed its partnership with the 39th Annual NAACP Image Awards as presenting sponsor of the 4th Annual Hollywood Bureau Symposium, entitled, "Artists and Activism." http... Posted Feb 25 2008, 10:18 AM by NAACP.org

• ACT-SO event brings out students' best

  New World School of the Arts dominated the 2008 Miami-Dade ACT-SO competition, taking nine first places, five seconds and five thirds for a total of 19 awards among the 69 given. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami_dade/pinecrest/story/429935.html Read... Posted Feb 25 2008, 10:15 AM by NAACP.org

• ISU chapter hosts NAACP week

  ISU's chapter of the NAACP hosted events all last week to continue promoting equality, which is what the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded for in 1909. http://media.www.indianastatesman.com/media/storage/paper929... Posted Feb 25 2008, 10:14 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP donates papers to Kennesaw State University

  KENNESAW, Ga. --The Cobb County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is donating its papers to Kennesaw State University. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/251/story/253347.html Read More... Posted Feb 21 2008, 10:26 AM by NAACP.org

• Riverside NAACP Freedom Fund honors 16

  The Riverside NAACP's 58th annual dinner, which raises money for scholarships, is at the Riverside Convention Center. http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_naacp21.42172ad.html Read More... Posted Feb 21 2008, 10:25 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP Files Complaint Against Police

  LAKE WALES | The NAACP branch in Lake Wales has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice claiming the Police Department used unnecessary force in breaking up a crowd on Lincoln Avenue after a Martin Luther King Day celebration was supposed... Posted Feb 20 2008, 10:20 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP to honor program that helps middle schoolers

  STAMFORD - The city's NAACP chapter this week will honor a program that boosts students' study skills to prepare them for middle school. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/scn-sa-academy8feb20,0,3295297.story Read More... Posted Feb 20 2008, 10:17 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP race relations summit set for Feb. 29, March 1

  The Tennessee State Conference NAACP's 2008 Race Relations Summit will be held in Jackson on Feb. 29 and March 1, announced Gloria J. Sweet-Love, state president of the conference, on Tuesday. http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220... Posted Feb 20 2008, 10:16 AM by NAACP.org

• Conn. NAACP asks feds to look into police fatal shooting

  BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The leader of the Bridgeport NAACP chapter wants the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of black suspect by a white police officer. http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--suspectshot0215feb15... Posted Feb 19 2008, 12:01 PM by NAACP.org

• 'Great Debaters' wins at NAACP Image Awards

  LOS ANGELES -- Denzel Washington's "The Great Debaters" and Tyler Perry's TBS series "House of Payne" took top honours at Thursday night's NAACP Image Awards. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080215... Posted Feb 19 2008, 11:59 AM by NAACP.org

• No debating winners of NAACP Image Awards

  The Great Debaters was named best film of 2007 at the 39th annual NAACP Image Awards Thursday in Hollywood. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/today/bal-to.people16feb16,0,3596789.column Read More... Posted Feb 19 2008, 11:48 AM by NAACP.org

• NAACP investigates Lanier's Sheriff Department

  The NAACP has been investigating allegations of racial injustice by the sheriff department in Lanier County for the past week. http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=7886325 Read More... Posted Feb 19 2008, 10:55 AM by NAACP.org

• Youth take a stand at NAACP event in White Plains

  The event was a part of a Black History Month celebration organized by the White Plains-Greenburgh chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080218/NEWS02/802180344/1018... Posted Feb 19 2008, 10:53 AM by NAACP.org

• Battle Creek NAACP to host civil rights workshop

  The next People's Law School Workshop topic is Civil Rights. The Presenter will be Attorney Jerome L. Reide of Lansing, Michigan. The workshop will be held at the Urban League, 172 W. Van Buren on February 19, 2008 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. http... Posted Feb 14 2008, 10:51 AM by NAACP.org