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Wellcome photography prize launched with focus on health
A new international photography prize for pictures that tell stories about health, medicine and science has been launched by the charitable foundation Wellcome.<p>It said the competition aimed to do for health what the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year award had done for …
ArtHorrifying Account of True 'BlacKkKlansman' Lynching
The Waco Horror<br>An account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex., as reported by a special agent of the National Association for the …
BlacKkKlansmanBaltimore NAACP Calls For Firing Of 2nd Officer In Police Beating Video
<b>BALTIMORE (WJZ) —</b> The Baltimore branch of the NAACP is calling for the Baltimore Police Department to fire an officer seen in a video that shows …
JusticeActor Glynn Turman, Aretha Franklin’s 2nd Husband: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Glynn Turman may be best known for people of a certain age as the “Peyton Place” soap actor Lew way back in the mid-1960s. Or for the next generation …
Aretha Franklin‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Wins TV’s First J.D. Power Award
<i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i> has won its very first J.D. Power Award.<p>In fact, <i>JKL</i> is the first TV show to receive a J.D. Power Award.<p>The organization named …
ComedyOfficer in beating case graduated from Police Academy with 3 honors
BALTIMORE (WBFF) - Officer Arthur Williams, seen brutally beating a man in east Baltimore, just graduated from the Police Academy this past spring.<p>He …
Law EnforcementAretha Franklin 'down, but she is not out,' says NAACP leader of ill Motown icon
Iconic Motown singer Aretha Franklin is "down, but she is not out," NAACP Detroit Branch President Rev. Wendell Anthony said following reports that …
Aretha FranklinMedford VFW's 'All Lives Matter' Banner Once Again Under Scrutiny
The NAACP is renewing calls to take the banner down or cover it up ahead of Election Day.<p>MEDFORD, MA – The NAACP is once again calling for the …
Black Lives MatterLittle Known Black History Fact: Elbert Williams
The names of <b>James Chaney</b> and <b>Medgar Evers</b> are well-known in civil rights lore as both men were killed while fighting for voter equality in the South.</b> …
Black HistoryHartford city council, NAACP members address officer video
Hartford community members plan to address a controversial video of a Hartford police officer saying he was ‘trigger-happy.”
City PoliticsNAACP Calls For More Diversity And Inclusion In 30th Street Station Expansion
<b>Follow CBSPHILLY</b> Facebook Twitter<p><i>PHILADELPHIA (CBS)</i> – The Philadelphia NAACP is calling for more diversity and inclusion in the 30th Street Station …
Rights & FreedomsWV State University to host NAACP state conference
NAACP members from all over West Virginia will be in Institute this month for the organization's annual state conference.<p>The NAACP of West Virginia …
African-American NewsBaltimore police officer, captured in viral video beating a man, resigns
In a terse late Sunday night statement, Baltimore police announced the resignation of the officer shown in a video repeatedly punching a man in the …
JusticeCalifornia Has The Largest Death Row Population In The Country
2:33 PM 08/11/2018<p>California has the largest death row population in the country, though the trend showed an opposite effect nationally, according to …
Death RowFlorida Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Threatening to Lynch Local NAACP President
A 75-year-old Gainesville, Fla., man was arrested on Thursday after police say he threatened to lynch the president of the Alachua County …
CrimeNAACP President Says Trump Emboldened Racists With Charlottesville Response
“It’s gotten worse,” Derrick Johnson said of racism in America one year after the "Unite the Right" rally in Virginia.<p>It’s been a year since white supremacists violently rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing Heather Heyer and sparking a national reckoning on the state of racism in …
Rights & FreedomsNAACP: Trump 'is a racist'
Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, slammed President TrumpDonald John TrumpKobach agrees to recuse himself from vote counting in Kansas GOP …
Donald TrumpNAACP President Derrick Johnson: Trump is a racist
Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP, recently called President Trump a racist and expressed uncertainty toward the White House’s commitment to …
Donald TrumpProsecutor reopens investigation into death of ‘first NAACP martyr’ | Gary
<b>By Nigel Roberts, newsone.com</b><p>More than 78 years after his death, the family of the civil rights champion the NAACP called its “first martyr” remains …
Civil RightsNAACP slams Trump as 'racist'
Racial and ethnic tensions remain high in the U.S. one year after President Donald Trump ignited controversy by initially failing to condemn white supremacists and neo-Nazis following a deadly clash in Charlottesville, Virginia.<p>The NAACP’s president, Derrick Johnson, spoke with POLITICO recently …
Donald TrumpNAACP president on Trump: 'I have no other conclusion but to say he is a racist'
Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, said President Donald Trump "is a racist" and bashed his administration for its racially charged rhetoric and policies in an interview with Politico published Friday.<p>Johnson said Trump has "demonstrated both in words and in deeds and in policy …
Donald TrumpBrooks: Trump the racial opportunist-in-chief
Former NAACP President Cornell Brooks says President Trump is using racial issues to incite his base.
Donald TrumpNew Police Chief in Charlottesville, Va. | The Crisis Magazine: A quarterly publication of the NAACP
Last August, the city of Charlottesville,Va., made national headlines for a White supremacist rally that turned violent. James Alex Fields Jr., drove …
African-American NewsNAACP-affiliated group sues NYPD for info on gang members
The NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund is suing the NYPD for information about the classification of gang members.<p>The group claims the …
Criminal SentencingFederal court blocks mass voter purges in NC after NAACP sues
A federal court has ordered that three counties in North Carolina must stop purging voters based on private party challenges.<p>Here is the release from …
U.S. Federal CourtsOmarosa says she has secret tapes of Trump
<b>By Emily Heil | Washington Post</b><p>Omarosa Manigault Newman knows how to generate a headline, people. Just in time to promote her new book, which is …
Donald TrumpJustice for Elbert Williams | The Crisis Magazine: A quarterly publication of the NAACP
In1940, NAACP member Elbert Williams was murdered in Brownsville, Tenn. He is believed to have been the first NAACP official killed for attempting to …
African-American NewsRent control foes hire California NAACP leader after her group opposes initiative
SACRAMENTO — The president of the California NAACP has long resisted criticism that she melds the group’s interests with those of her political consulting firm, which takes in large fees for working on campaigns that the civil rights organization backs.<p>Critics say Alice Huffman is doing it again on …
Civil RightsMinnesota Now Has a 'Beyoncé and Jay Z Day,' Thanks to Democrat Governor
Beyoncé and Jay-Z fandom may have gone a little off the rails.<p>Minnesota Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton has declared August 8 to be “Beyoncé and Jay-Z …
Billboard AwardsNAACP voices discrimination concerns amid city Equity Office inquiry
Austin’s NAACP chapter announced Thursday it will investigate “harassment of African American employees at the city of Austin.”<p>Among its concerns is …
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