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News (USA)
Incoming governor doesn’t support national boycott of North Carolina
He shares others’ frustrations about House Bill 2, but he said the better way is to bring companies to North Carolina to “join us in the fight for fairness.”
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News (USA)
North Carolina NAACP calls for nationwide boycott after HB2 repeal failure
A similar boycott of South Carolina over the Confederate flag lasted 15 years and cost the state millions of dollars.
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News (USA)
5 real winners of the 2016 Election: HRC, Lambda Legal, ACLU, ADL and NAACP
And five is just the beginning. Many progressive organizations are seeing a boost in funding since the election of Donald Trump.
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News (USA)
Judges rule against N.C.’s other discriminatory law: voter ID
The governor’s re-election campaign accused the judges of siding with Hillary Clinton, when in fact it sided with disenfranchised African-Americans,
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News (USA)
A rabbi, a Christian and Ohio’s governor walk out of a convention…
Ivanka Trump’s rabbi, Tim Tebow, and John Kasich are among those who have refused Trump’s invitations to speak next week.
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Life
NAACP President Ben Jealous announces plans to step down this year
WASHINGTON — Benjamin Jealous, the president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said Sunday that he plans to step down by the end of the year.
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News (USA)
Delaware NAACP calls on state lawmakers to pass marriage equality
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Delaware chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is calling on Delaware state lawmakers to pass a marriage equality bill.
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Commentary
The reality of coalition, collaboration between the LGBT community and communities of color
In the past month, we have seen milestone after milestone in the march toward LGBT equality. But there is a key element of this progress that we should shine a light on. What for many seemed like a red light at the intersection of race, class, sexual orientation and gender identity has turned yellow — even green — as we see diverse groups strongly and publicly supporting each other across issues and working for civil rights — human rights — for all people.
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News (USA)
NAACP conference leader resigns over group’s support of marriage equality
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Rev. Keith Ratliff, president of the Iowa and Nebraska conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has resigned over the group’s national board resolution in support of same-sex marriage.
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Life
Alveda King denounces NAACP resolution for ‘endorsing’ gay agenda
Several prominent African American leaders have denounced the recent resolution by the NAACP supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples, and have called it “an endorsement of homosexual agenda,” and an issue no different than abortion.