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Florida A&M University: Activism Since Day 1
I marched a hole in my shoes the first time. It was 2006. His name was Martin Lee Anderson and he was 14 and had been sent to boot camp in Panama City, Fla. He had stolen his grandmother’s car. She sent him to be redirected. Instead, he was killed. Seven guards. One nurse. Eight…
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Airbnb: We’re Not Racist! One of Our Best Friends Is Black!
Taking a page from the manual How to Apologize After You’ve Marginalized a Community, Airbnb announced a new partnership with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that will see the company donating money to the NAACP and … Well, it’s not really “donations,” per se. The new agreement is more like revenue…
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Dear Family, Please Move Out of Mo., Love, Danielle
Last month the NAACP issued its first-ever travel advisory for a state—a whole entire state—for people of color. That state was my home state, the place of my birth and home to the people I love most in the world: Missouri. The advisory was shocking in that it wasn’t for other states much more historically…
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Don’t Go to Mo., It’s Dangerous for Black People: NAACP Issues Travel Advisory
The state of Missouri has earned the dubious distinction of being the first-ever state to have a travel advisory issued against it by the NAACP, the warning issued because of a recent string of both directly and indirectly state-sanctioned racist and discriminatory incidents. The Kansas City Star reports that the advisory was circulated in June…
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Google Doodle Pays Tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the NAACP’s ‘Silent Protest’ Parade
Every now and again, Google shares a gem in the form of a doodle on its home page, recognizing dates that have some relevance to history, culture—anything like that. Today’s doodle marks the 100-year anniversary of the iconic Silent Protest Parade where some 10,000 African Americans marched in total silence to protest lynchings and other…
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The NAACP Invited Trump to the Cookout, but He Said ‘Nah’
You know how there’s the one person at your job, at your church or in your sorority who you can’t stand, but you have to invite them to the cookout because you invited everyone else, and you don’t want to be the asshole? Well, Reuters reports that in January, when the NAACP invited Donald Trump…
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Ben Jealous, Former Head of NAACP, Poised to Run for Governor of Md.
Former NAACP head Ben Jealous, backed by former Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, is expected to announce Wednesday that he’s throwing his hat into the ring to become governor of Maryland. Jealous, 44, who was the youngest person to run the civil rights organization, is expected to announce his candidacy in front of Baltimore…
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NAACP Dismisses President as Organization Reimagines Itself to Address 21st-Century Challenges
After three years in the position, NAACP President Cornell William Brooks was voted out by the organization’s national board Friday as the organization pledges a “systemwide refresh” and “strategic reenvisioning” to best position the historic civil rights organization to “confront the realities of today’s volatile political, media and social climates.” In a press release Friday,…
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The State of Black America: Leaders Outline the Problem, but the Solution Is Really Simple
At what point does lighting the candle instead of cursing the darkness become an example of just plain—and deliberate—political impotence? A lot has happened since Agent Orange, aka 45, aka President Donald Trump, celebrated his first 100 days by pretending that it was 365 days ago, when he was running for president, and people like…