CHAVIS LOSES IN COURT: NAACP board of directors wielded a swift legalLaura D. Blackburne
NAACP Also found in:Dictionary,Legal,Acronyms,Wikipedia. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) vanguard of Negro fight for racial equality. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 548–549] See:Equality Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright...
The letter was signed by NAACP National Board of Directors Chairman Leon W. Russell and NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. Last year, Republican FloridaGov. Ron DeSantissigned a bill prohibiting the use of state funds for any DEI programs. The University of Florida ...
WASHINGTON —The climactic vote by the NAACP board of directors scheduled Saturday on whether to oust Executive Director Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. would appear to center on a scandal: Did he sexually discriminate by firing an NAACP employee, and did he improperly use the civil rights organization’...
The board of directors of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People--the nation’s oldest and most influential civil rights organization--took the position in a 49-1 vote, even though it meant opposing one of the two blacks ever nominated to the nation’s high court. ...
(CBS News) The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) backed a resolution on Saturday in support of marriage equality. "We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law," Roslyn M. Brock, chair of the NAACP board of directors said in a statement....
more equitable future. It is with great honor that we present her with the Chairmans Award at this years NAACP Image Awards, celebrating her relentless dedication to justice, equality, and the betterment of our society, Leon W. Russell, chair of the NAACP's national board of directors, said...
Presents a speech by Roslyn Brock, member of the National Board of Directors and National Board of Trustees for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), delivered at the 96th NAACP Annual Convention, Milwaukee,...
Howard University College of Liberal Arts secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt president, Richmond Branch, NAACP; president, Virginia State Conference, NAACP chairman, NAACP board of directors; chairman, Southern Conference for Human Welfare governor, South Carolina, 1947–1951; States Rights Party (Dixiecrat...
A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of BLACK STUDIES RESEARCH SOURCES Microfilms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editors: John H. Bracey, Jr., Sharon Harley, and August Meier PAPERS OF THE NAACP Supplement to Part 1, 1966–1970 Meetings of the Board of Directors, Records of...