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On AlterNet: naacp

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "naacp"

Soldiers: Know Your Rights!

Soldiers: Know Your Rights!

Jonathan Hutto, Sr., The Nation Institute. June 11, 2008.
What every soldier should know before resisting.

NC Robo-Call Investigation Broadens - NAACP Files Complaint

NC Robo-Call Investigation Broadens - NAACP Files Complaint

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. May 5, 2008.
The North Carolina NAACP has filed a complaint of voter suppression against Women's Voices, Women Vote.

Anti-Affirmative Action Crusaders Commit Voter Fraud

Anti-Affirmative Action Crusaders Commit Voter Fraud

Kimberle Crenshaw, Ms. Magazine. February 26, 2008.
Women and black people were denied the vote in the past; today, they are deceived out of their votes.

Election Day 2007: New ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters

Election Day 2007: New ID Laws Disenfranchise Voters

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. November 7, 2007.
NAACP officials in Georgia and Michigan report new voter ID laws stopped people from voting.

Why Civil Rights Leaders Didn't Get Mychal Bell Out of Jail

Why Civil Rights Leaders Didn't Get Mychal Bell Out of Jail

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. September 21, 2007.
Mychal Bell, the most well-known of the Jena Six, has languished in jail since last December. So why didn't civil rights leaders, black celebrities, and marchers pony up the cash to get him out?

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

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

Julian Bond, AlterNet. July 28, 2007.
It has been 98 years since the first meeting of what became the NAACP. The group's board of directors reflects on where we have been as a country and where we are now in terms of race and justice.

Two Races, Two Systems of Justice in Louisiana

Two Races, Two Systems of Justice in Louisiana

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. July 18, 2007.
Last week in Detroit, the NAACP held a mock funeral for the N-word. But a chilling case in Louisiana shows us how far we have to go to bury racism.

A Picture of the GOP on Civil Rights

A Picture of the GOP on Civil Rights

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 14, 2007.
Jeffrey Feldman: The one photo the GOP does not want anyone to see was snapped at yesterday's NAACP GOP Presidential Candidate Forum.

Bush Is Not The NAACP ‘s Problem

Bush Is Not The NAACP ‘s Problem

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. July 9, 2007.
A lot has to happen if the NAACP doesn’t want to become what many already say it is, namely obsolete.

Gordon Out But NAACP Problems Remain

Gordon Out But NAACP Problems Remain

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. March 7, 2007.
The NAACP's embrace of showy, symbolic fights does little to solve the problems of drugs, crime, gangs and soaring joblessness among young blacks, or the astronomical rate of prison incarceration of blacks.