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*Legendary actor/singer and human rights activist Harry Belafonte was recognized and honored with the NAACP Spingarn Medal. Each year the civil rights organization acknowledges African Americans who have made strides toward human equality. In his acceptance speech, Belafonte, 85, condemned gun violence and chastised political leaders for keeping silent so long. “Where are the outraged voices?” [...]
*Uh oh. It looks like the bloom is off the rose; the honeymoon is over. In other words, the love affair between the Obama administration and the NAACP is done, if you read between the lines of Ben Jealous‘ statement on “Meet the Press.” (Somewhere Tavis and Cornel are cheesin’ ear to ear and saying, [...]
*(Via Black B lue Dog) – Since President Obama was elected with 93% of the black vote, there is now a conversation regarding how to leverage unprecedented political support in order to receive the attention from the Obama Administration that such support deserves. The Associated Press wrote about the matter this week, quoting Rev. Al [...]
*Continuing its long-standing support and connection to the African-American community, McDonald’s recognized a distinguished list of five prominent African-Americans who influence and inspire greatness through outstanding community service at its annual 365Black Awards. This year’s 365Black Awards was co-hosted by nationally syndicated radio personality Tom Joyner and Academy Award nominated actress Angela Bassett. It was [...]
*Among the most memorable chapters in the recently released African American Almanac, 11th Edition is a historical assessment of Television and Film, authored by media veteran Gil Robertson IV. A refreshingly candid snapshot into the plight of African Americans who found their way in an industry that clearly couldn’t do without them, it is a [...]
*On the 184th birthday of the Black Press, March 16, an odd debacle is underway. The NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, is under fire from Black newspapers around the country over an issue of economic injustice. NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous admits that “a grave mistake was made” right [...]
*How much is a life worth? What about two lives? For sisters Jamie and Gladys Scott, $11 earned them each double life sentences. Jamie and Gladys were convicted of being accomplices to a 1993 robbery. The teenagers who carried out the robbery served only two years in prison. The judge never explained why the Scott [...]
*Last weekend, political figures including President Barack Obama and NAACP President Ben Jealous attended the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to celebrate the 40th annual Annual Legislative Conference Awards Ceremony. Presented by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the conference was a packed weekend full of various issues Black Congressmen and women should focus on this [...]
*Shirley Sherrod has reconciled with the NAACP, the civil rights group who was quick to condemn her after a video was altered to make her appear racist. The NAACP had initially released a statement supporting her removal from the Agriculture Department within the first day or so after blogger Andrew Breitbart posted the video. But [...]
*Forty-seven years after the historic March on Washington, Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network and leaders from his over 47 National Action Network chapters across the country, along with heads of progressive organizations, unions and clergy, will lead a mass rally and march in Washington, DC on Saturday, August 28, 2010 to RECLAIM [...]
*To us it’s real simple. The White House should issue Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod an apology and reinstate her job ASAP for all the crap she’s had to endure the last several days because of a big lie by a right wing-Tea party advocate and organizations/institutions making hasty decisions based on that lie. Here’s [...]
*Leaders of the country’s largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a resolution condemning racism within the political movement. The resolution was adopted during the annual convention in KansasCity of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People,spokesman Chris Fleming said. Tea party organizers disputed claims [...]
*In light of President Obama’s choice of Elena Kagan as his nominee to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Supreme court, some in the Black community complained that an African American woman should have been selected for the position. On Saturday the venerable civil rights organization, the NAACP, came out with its endorsement of Kagan. [...]
*The NAACP is ending its lawsuit against Wells Fargo that alleged the bank was forcing blacks into subprime mortgages while whites with identical qualifications got lower rates. The lawsuit, filed over a year ago, is among more than a dozen the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has filed since 2007 against large [...]
*Even though Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has apologized to “any fellow Virginian who has been offended or disappointed” that he didn’t mention slavery on Tuesday when he announced that the state would celebrate Confederate History Month in April, NAACP President and CEO, Ben Jealous, is not even remotely happy with either announcement. He has responded [...]
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