Jennifer
Thank you for keeping issues that are important in the black community out there. People need to know. Much love and respect for your craft!
Had to give you a perfect 10! ;)
Blog Detail
The Wichita Branch NAACP Blog
http://www.wichitanaacp.blogspot.com
...keeping you informed about Local, Regional, and National NAACP efforts, socio-political items of interest, and relevant issues concerning the African American Community...
- Added on: Nov 14th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Kevin Myles
- Listed in: Activism Culture
- Tags: activism african american civil rights social justice naacp
Recent Posts
The ACLU and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights call for reform at the US Commission on Civil Rights
Long time readers of the blog will note that we've been talking about the ideological shift and politicization of the US Commission on Civil Rights for the last couple years. (See HERE, and HERE, and HERE, and HERE). Through a series of Bush-era po...
Acclaimed Director, Writer and Actor Tyler Perry Donates One Million Dollars to the NAACP
Gift is the Largest Received from an Individual Entertainer in the NAACP’s History The NAACP, the country’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, announced yesterday that acclaimed film director Tyler Perry has donated one million dolla...
Help put a stop to the practice of sentencing Juveniles to Life without Parole
In July of 2009, delegates to the NAACP National Convention approved a resolution to condemn the practice of sentencing Juveniles to Life without Parole sentences. The Resolution also called upon branches to work within their respective states to b...
Civil Rights Organizations come together to call for a stronger Federal response to the jobs crisis
With unemployment among blacks at more than 15 percent, and in light of new unemployment data released for October 2009, the NAACP joined with several other groups this week to call on President Obama to do more to create jobs. The organizations...
Members of the Kansas State NAACP meet with Tom Perez; Assistant Attorney General and head of the DOJ Civil Rights Division
Several members of the Kansas State Conference of the NAACP and regional activists attended a meeting with Tom Perez; Assistant Attorney General of the United States and head of DOJ Civil Rights Division, to discuss the strengthening of the agency'...
The Vitter-Bennett Census amendment blocked in the Senate!
The U.S. Senate blocked a controversial amendment that would have required the Census Bureau to belatedly add a citizenship question to the 2010 Census questionnaire. In voting for cloture on the Commerce Justice and Science (CJS) FY10 Appropriati...
I will reference your blog over and over, thanks for the history, the reflections,your sensitivity and understanding of our history and the issues which impact your community and the nation, ultimately all of us. Bless you! Keep holding up your banner.
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