All posts tagged "naacp"
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‘Rustin’ Review: Truth Be Told
A stirring portrait of an oft-unsung civil rights hero and queer trailblazer, 'Rustin' doesn't deliver on all of its promise.
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DeSantis Claims Supreme Court Won’t Overturn Gay Marriage
Ron DeSantis says his Supreme Court won't overturn gay marriage, as he brags about appointing up to four more conservatives to the court.
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NAACP, HRC Issue Florida Travel Advisories
Civil rights groups have issued travel advisories to Florida in response to new laws targeting diversity initiatives and the LGBTQ community.
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LGBTQ Group Issues Travel Advisory to Florida
LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida has issued a travel advisory warning of the risk anti-LGBTQ laws may pose to visitors and residents.
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‘Till’ Review: All-American Tragedy
Mosaic stages an outstanding production of 'The Till Trilogy,' Ifa Bayeza's powerful account of the life and death of Emmett Till.
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HRC President Alphonso David: Senate Republicans’ policing “reform” bill is “offensive”
Civil rights groups call Republican bill a "non-starter" and the "wrong solution" to addressing racial bias in policing
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NAACP endorses Equality Act
The Equality Act got a big boost on Friday night after the NAACP, the nation’s oldest African-American civil rights organization, publicly endorsed the LGBTQ rights...
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NAACP resolution calls for national boycott of North Carolina over HB 2
The NAACP is calling for a national boycott of North Carolina to protest various policies passed by the Republican-dominated General Assembly, including the state’s anti-LGBT...
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Boycott and economic fallout from HB 2 may continue in North Carolina
The NAACP, the oldest civil rights group in the United States, is calling for a boycott of the state of North Carolina after the Republican-dominated...
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North Carolina lawmakers to debate HB 2 repeal on Wednesday
North Carolina lawmakers will meet Wednesday for a special session to consider repealing the state’s anti-LGBT HB 2, which has caused the state to lose...
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Civil Rights Coalition of Maryland relaunches after 13-year hiatus
Purpose of the coalition is to speak with a singular voice to weigh in on important civil rights issues
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Excessive Force
When civil disorder followed the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, it was fueled...
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Seeing Trayvon
The man who stalked and killed Trayvon Martin is cleared of all charges, and a flood of disbelief and outrage pours across my computer screen:...
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Blowing Up the Coalition
Clarence Mitchell, the civil-rights activist and longtime chief lobbyist for the NAACP, used to tell of something then-Senate Democratic leader Lyndon Johnson often said to...
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Fueling Maryland's Marriage Fight
With less than three weeks before Election Day, Nov. 6, both sides in the fight over Question 6, the referendum to decide whether Maryland's recently...
