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NAACP report find TV networks lagging in diversity

AP — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:13:45 +0000

Nearly a decade after the NAACP condemned a “virtual whiteout” in broadcast TV, the civil rights group said major networks have stalled in their efforts to further ethnic diversity on-screen and...

Bond to seek new term as NAACP board chairman

AP — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:44:25 +0000

Julian Bond says he has changed his mind and will seek another term as NAACP board chairman.

Teacher sorry for binding girls in slavery lesson

AP — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:05:20 +0000

A white social studies teacher attempted to enliven a seventh-grade discussion of slavery by binding the hands and feet of two black girls, prompting outrage from one girl’s mother and the local chapter of the...

Bond won't seek re-election as NAACP chairman

AP — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:48:58 +0000

NAACP National Board Chairman Julian Bond says he will not seek re-election as chairman, a post he has held since 1998.

NAACP Image Awards to honor Gore, Maathai

AP — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:48:25 +0000

The NAACP says it will honor environmental activists Al Gore and Wangari Muta Maathai at its 40th Image Awards.

Civil rights group renews Va. election lawsuit

AP — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:16:35 +0000

A day before voters head to polls in battleground Virginia, the NAACP will go to federal court to demand more voting machines in minority polling places.

Civil rights group backs off Va. election lawsuit

AP — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:01:19 +0000

The NAACP won’t seek a hearing before Election Day on its federal lawsuit questioning whether Virginia is ready for potentially massive voter turnout.

At service, activists decry Texas dragging death

AP — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:02:02 +0000

Members of the Nation of Islam, the New Black Panthers and the NAACP on Saturday promised protests to bring more attention to the killing of an east Texas man whose death recalls, for some, a notorious decade-old hate...

NAACP watching, ready for voter problems

AP — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:24:14 +0000

The NAACP will have lawyers targeting 750 precincts around the nation on Election Day to help address complaints about possible voter disenfranchisement, the organization’s new president said...

Kansas mayor apologizes for drag-blackface skit

AP — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:19:53 +0000

The mayor of a Kansas town appeared in blackface as part of a drag-queen beauty contest but apologized after a meeting with NAACP officials.