NAACP

Tukwila School District Superintendent Ethelda Burke, 66, has resigned from her longtime position due to allegations that she referred to staff as “slaves” and “ghetto,” reports the Huffington Post. Ten district employees have made the allegations. The Huffington Post reports: “…the school district’s athletic and activities director J.D. Hill wrote in his complaint that Burke […]

On Wednesday, July 11th, Mitt Romney spoke to the NAACP at their national convention in Houston, Texas. It was praised across the media as a good move, since the GOP is often looked at as being disconnected from the African-American community (by “often” we mean for a good 50 years). He was called “brave” because […]

On Thursday, Vice President Joe Biden (pictured) delivered a harsh counter to Mitt Romney’s speech Wednesday (July 11), where the GOP presidential hopeful was met with boos during the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Houston. In stark contrast to Romney, Biden was welcomed and cheered, drawing laughs from the […]

“If you are looking for a president who will make things better in the African-American community, you’re looking at him.” This is what Mitt Romney said to his audience at the NAACP convention today in Texas: A hilarious declaration from the increasingly hilarious political candidate. I knew this would be an entertaining speech as soon […]

Every four years, the presidential candidates make their obligatory pilgrimage to the NAACP convention, which has become the traditional venue for presidential aspirants to make their case to the Black American voter. Every four years, the Republican candidates put on their best performances, and every four years, they are, literally, unbelievable. The folks over at […]

During a conversation between Fox News’ Kelly Wright and Wall Street Journal editorial board member Jason Riley, an interesting dialogue emerged about the NAACP.  While I am not one to spend much time pretending that the majority of conversations on Fox News actually make sense, this one got my attention. Wright and Riley asked whether […]

NewsOne contributor Elon James White is down in Florida at the NAACP’s eight annual Leadership 500 Summit… and he wants you to know what’s really going on. Check his exclusive video here: [ooyala code=”luczN1NDoODaFqVwn7UGeDsjmb1DjG4C”] ————- LIVE COVERAGE: The New NAACP: “Protecting Our BMW’s – Black Men Walking” ————- Want to Keep Up With NewsOne.com? LIKE Us […]

I have heavily critiqued the NAACP. I’ve spoken about how it feels very much disconnected from my generation and I’ve watched as local chapters hold press conferences about ridiculous and frivolous issues. The nation’s oldest civil rights group to me seemed stagnant—Just a bunch of old Black folks being old and Black and not growing […]

The  NAACP’s Justice for Trayvon Martin rally is in full swing in Sanford, Florida. Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have spoken and various members of the NAACP have addressed the crowd. Sharpton has come under fire in recent days for calling for an “escalation in civil disobedience” and economic sanctions if George Zimmerman is […]

NAACP leaders will be in Geneva, Switzerland next week to get support for ending voter suppression in the USA. The group intends to lobby the United Nations there and to examine violations of minority voting rights in America at the U.N. Human Rights Council. SEE ALSO: Iranian Women Pose Nude To Protest Repression (NSFW VIDEO) […]

LOS ANGELES-The NAACP and the ACLU have co-sponsored a bill, SB 1506, with California State Senator, Mark Leno that would turn drug possession from a felony to a simple misdemeanor. Leno claims that the bill would help to decrease California’s overcrowded prisons and allow people to receive treatment for addiction while keeping job prospects. The […]

George Lucas is set to receive an NAACP Vanguard Award for his work in producing “Red Tails.” While I applaud Lucas’s efforts in making “Red Tails,” the movie hardly gives enough credibility to Lucas to be one of the first non African American to win a a Vanguard award from the NAACP. I’ll admit it, […]