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In a surprise move, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous, 40, has announced that he is stepping down from the position in January, 2014, reports USA Today.…

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US Attorney General Eric Holder faces a tough decision as civil rights group petition the Department of Justice to press federal civil rights charges against…

In true GOP revisionist fashion, right-wing extremist Glenn Beck called the NAACP a “joke” and claims that the organization is an “affront” to civil rights…

This is Troy Davis. He was charged for the murder or police officer Mark MacPhail in 1989 and executed in 2011. Davis maintained his innocence…

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In an interview with David Gregory on Meet The Press, NAACP President Ben Jealous (pictured) said that Black Americans “are doing far worse” under the…

Jeffrey Blanck (pictured), a civil rights attorney in Reno, Nev., has become the first non-Black leader of the Reno-Sparks NAACP in the branch’s 66-year history,…

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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…

Yolanda Adams delivered a moving performance dedicated to the late Whitney Houston tonight at the 43rd annual NAACP Image Awards in Los Angeles. Click here to take a look at the video of Yolanda Adams’ emotional delivery of “I Love the Lord, He Heard My Cry.” WATCH: Brian Courtney Wilson: “Whitney Was Unprotected…” [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] WATCH: […]