Tag: NAACP
NAACP suspends Hezekiah Jackson, Birmingham metro president pending investigation
The national office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) — the nation’s foremost civil rights organization — announced Wednesday the...
White House condemns ruling on Donald Trump’s ‘Dreamers’ program
The White House on Wednesday sharply criticized a federal judge’s ruling that the Trump administration must resume a program that has shielded hundreds of...
NAACP slams Kay Ivey’s Confederate monuments campaign ad
The Alabama NAACP is taking a stand against Gov. Kay Ivey's most recent campaign ad highlighting her support of protecting the state’s Confederate monument.
The...
National ‘Ride to Revive’ Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act...
On June 24, 2017, the 4th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s reversal of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, advocacy groups from across the...
Robert Bentley paramour Rebekah Mason behind effort to shut DMV offices...
Rebekah Mason, Gov. Robert Bentley’s former top adviser and illicit lover, pushed to close 31 offices of the Alabama Department of Motor Vehicles in...
NAACP sounds alarm on ‘decline’ in civil rights commitment
The head of the NAACP says he met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over concerns that recent policy changes "signal a threatening decline" in...
NAACP continues protests outside of Sen. Sessions’ office
NAACP demonstrators continued their protests outside of the Alabama offices of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions on Monday, calling for him to turn down his controversial nomination to...
Email insights: Civil, Human Rights Coalition strongly opposes Jeff Sessions for...
The Conference on Civil and Human Rights sounded off on the appointment of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general in a Friday...
Lawsuit seeks to balance Alabama’s all-white courts
A civil rights group is suing over Alabama’s system of electing appellate judges by statewide vote, which they contend has resulted in vote dilution and yielded all-white...
KKK distributes fliers in Mobile featuring Martin Luther King Jr.
During the weekend the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, based in Pelham, North Carolina, distributed fliers throughout Mobile, Alabama, referencing Dr....
