PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Matt O’Donnell speaks with Catherine Hicks, the new President of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP.
It’s a pivotal time for civil rights activism during this time of racial reckoning, along with an increase in voting restrictions in many states and calls for police reform.
MSNBC: NAACP launches new push to safeguard voting rights. NAACP President Derrick Johnson discusses a new push to safeguard Americans’ voting rights.
SundaySun: Catherine Hicks, became the new president of the Philadelphia NAACP. Hicks is the second woman in the chapter’s history to hold the job.
6abc.com- One of the oldest civil rights groups in the city of Philadelphia is now under new leadership.
On August 20, 2020, following an internal vote from the members of the Executive Committee of the Philadelphia NAACP, the National office will take over as administrator to the branch.
PhillyTrib.com: Black people must organize and white people must stand up to racist institutions, leaders of the Philadelphia chapters of the NAACP and National Action Network said Sunday at a demonstration held at City Hall in honor of George Floyd.
PhillyTrib.com: Thousands of protesters descended upon City Hall, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Municipal Services Building decrying the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.
PBS39 is following the controversy and spoke with NAACP leaders who are calling on the city to cease supporting the parade with taxpayer dollars.
The Carpenters union in Philadelphia is attempting to distance itself from an official with one of its local chapters who wore blackface in this year’s Mummers Parade.
The Froggy Carr group was booted from the parade competition after city officials spotted their offensive costumes amid the sea of black-and-orange-themed fashions honoring Gritty
