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The NAACP’s New Direction

The NAACP is overhauling itself from the inside out. And changes are being wrought at the top. Cornell Brooks, CEO of the National Association for...

NAACP honors 101st Spingarn Medalist Ohio Native Awarded for Decades of Civil Rights Work at Home and Abroad

CINCINNATI – The NAACP National Board of Directors along with NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks announced Ohio native, the Honorable Nathaniel R....

A Great NAACP ACT-SO Dance Performance

The Chicago Defender salutes all of the 38th Annual NAACP ACT-SO Award winners today and their commitment to academic excellence and achievement. In stark contrast…

Hilary Clinton to Deliver Address at NAACP’s 107th Annual Convention

BALTIMORE, MD — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will deliver the address at the NAACP’s 107th annual convention July 18 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The convention…

NAACP files lawsuit over Flint water crisis

BALTIMORE — The NAACP has filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of people and businesses affected by the failure to provide safe drinking water...

What Happens If Rauner Busts The Unions?

Pullman Porter to Postal Worker What Happens If Rauner Busts The Unions? By Robert T. Starks Defender Contributing Writer The state budget stalemate continues because…

The Fight To Save Police Misconduct Records

The Fight To Save Police Misconduct Records By Ken Hare Chicago Defender Staff Writer Despite the recent release of 56,000 police misconduct records ranging from…

Maine governor sorry for remark about ‘young White’ girls

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican Gov. Paul LePage apologized Friday for his remark about out-of-state drug dealers impregnating “young White” girls, calling it a slip…

Kentucky’s new lieutenant governor, 1st Black statewide officeholder touts outsider status

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ Growing up in Detroit, in the years when she had a television, Jenean Hampton would use pancakes to bribe her friends…

Harlem Fine Arts Show Returns to Chicago

Harlem Fine Arts Show returns to Merchandise Mart October 29 – Nov. 1  2nd Annual event recognizes Chicago art, civic and business  community while offering the…

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