NAACP

NAACP Head Presses for Black Judge to Fill Opening

President of the advocacy group’s East St. Louis branch, Stanley Franklin says three qualified minority candidates previously applied for the job.

2013/03/21

NAACP Seeks Federal Investigation in St. Louis County

A lieutenant for St. Louis County is accused of ordering officers to target and arrest blacks in and around St. Louis County.

2013/02/22

NAACP To Protest School District Using MLK Holiday As Snow Makeup Day

The Des Moines NAACP Youth Council says the Des Moines school district should not have made Martin Luther King Jr. Day a snow makeup day this year.

2013/01/08

NAACP and ACLU Warn Of Local Control Problems

Jamala Rogers, spokesperson for “Citizens Against Prop A,” says part of the problem is that Prop. A would allow the department to close off access to records.

2012/09/28

Clay Wins 1st District Primary

He will almost certainly represent the 1st Congressional District, which now comprises the entire city of St. Louis, after the November elections.

2012/08/07

Rev. Williams Owens (first on right) (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Opinion: Rev. William Owens Confronts Barack Obama On Same-Sex Marriage

Rev. William Owens takes great issue with Obama’s linkage of Dr. King’s civil rights movement of the past to the current gay rights movement regarding same-sex marriage. Owens says that King embraced traditional religion, and he strongly suggests that King would not want his civil rights’ mission altered to include same-sex marriage.

2012/08/03

File photo: Mitt Romney and John Sununu (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

Opinion: Learn To Be An American

One day after Rush Limbaugh called on W. Mitt Romney to use racist attacks against the President, Romney dispatched campaign surrogate John Sununu to deliver a message to the first African American President of the United States: we will teach you how to be an American.

2012/07/18

Mitt Romney (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Romney’s Speech To NAACP A Cynical Play For White Votes

Romney had an opportunity to open a dialogue with the NAACP. Instead he talked about denying civil rights to a civil rights organization and spoke in condescending and paternalistic terms about being a better president for African Americans than Barack Obama. It was a clear and cynical play for white votes.

2012/07/12

NAACP Speaks On St. Louis Charter School Closures

Group leader says affected students should be able to transfer to an accredited district.

2012/04/22

NAACP Accuses Hazelwood School District of Discrimination

Says construction project policy shuts out blacks and women

2011/12/15

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