(NEW YORK) — As federal agents teamed with local fire investigators to probe a series of suspicious blazes at historically black churches in Louisiana in a 10-day span, the president of the NAACP called the destructive acts “domestic terrorism” and suggested they are the result of emboldened racial rhetoric sweeping the country. Derrick Johnson, president …

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The NAACP will not remain idle as the Georgia Senate adds stronger protections for Confederate monuments. In a 34-17 vote, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 77, that states, “any person who damages or destroys a monument could be liable for triple the cost to repair or replace it, plus exemplary damages — additional costs meant …

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Dr Rita Bailey, cochair of the Georgia state ACT-SO, talks about what’s ahead for the participants that will have a chance to compete in the national “Olympics of the mind”.  Vernon Jordan, former president of the National Urban League, conceived of the idea to have a competition between talented students in more than sports. This …

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New York (February 16, 2019)—The nation’s most prominent civil rights organization announced today during its annual national board meeting in New York, a strategic restructuring which better positions the organization to lead the critical policy advocacy and social justice work needed to ensure the rights of all people. The group also signed memoranda of understanding …

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NAACP Dekalb president, Teresa Hardy, was keynote speaker at the Black History program at Shy Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Dr. James C. Clements is pastor. This was NAACP Dekalb Day at the church. A full house listened as President Hardy reemphasized the theme of the event – We can’t stop now. The …

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Give your students the challenge they want and need. Have them join the NAACP ACT-SO program in Dekalb County. This program is designed to help students reach their full achievement levels through providing mentors, professionals, and other talented students with like-minded goals. ACT-SO is the Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics. The Dekalb County branch …

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The NAACP DeKalb County Branch is undertaking a pressing effort on behalf of the 13 DeKalb schools on the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s Turnaround Eligible Schools List. Schools on this list are identified as schools that have a three-year average College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCPRI) score that is in the bottom five …

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We just won a huge ruling in federal court—you need to know about this: This administration’s plans for the 2020 census would drastically undercount African Americans and other people of color across the country. And an undercount like that would lead to unequal political representation and reduced federal funding for communities of color. So the …

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A coalition of more than 50 DeKalb County organizations and individuals, led by an ad hoc committee of the NAACP DeKalb County Branch, has been formed to answer the Equal Justice Initiative’s challenge to acknowledge local histories of lynching and commemorate its victims through the DeKalb Remembrance Project. The year-long public awareness campaign, already in …

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