ACLU Veteran Laura Murphy leads Facebook’s Discrimination Audit
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NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, issued the following statement regarding the announced retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Vox reports that former NAACP president Ben Jealous is breaking new political ground in Maryland. Following the primary, Jealous won the Democratic nomination against Prince George’s County official Rushern Baker, giving him the chance to be the first Black governor in the state’s history as well as the third African-American to be a governor, period. What’s shocking is that this marks Jealous’s first time as a political candidate, but he beat out several more experienced names from a former adviser to Hillary Clinton and a Maryland state senator.
Pressed on Every Side…But Not Defeated
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) recently hosted its second National Black Parents’ Town Hall Meeting on Educational Excellence at the Gethsemane Community Fellowship Church in Norfolk, Va.
President Trump Scraps visit with NFL Super Bowl Winners
A federal appeals court today ruled that the at-large electoral process used by Missouri’s Ferguson-Florissant School District violates the Voting Rights Act. The American Civil Liberties Union brought the lawsuit on behalf of the Missouri NAACP and several African American parents andresidents.
In describing the Queens, New York City-born artist in the biography pages of his new book, “Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History,” the publisher notes that Chuck D helped paved the way for political, social, and culturally conscious hip-hop, both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ground-breaking group, Public Enemy.
For communities of color, CRA was welcomed with hopes that banking and credit needs would be as fair as they were accessible. Clearly CRA was intended to address lending discrimination aimed at individuals and businesses in low-to-moderate income communities.
Houston Forward Times Publisher Continues Parents’ Legacy