MSNBC: NAACP President Derrick Johnson Joins Morning Joe
“Voting rights should not be a partisan issue,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. President Johnson sits with Morning Joe to discuss the importance of a bipartisan effort to protect voting rights.
NAACP: Hey Black America
Today our National Director of Governance & Engagement, Quincy Bates, addresses the NAACP’s efforts in New Orleans, Louisiana.
MSNBC: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Signs New Voting Bill Into Law
NAACP President Derrick Johnson on restrictive voting bills signed around the country: “This is not 1950, it’s 2021.”
New York Times:Abbott Signs Texas Election Law, Ending a Fierce Voting Rights Battle
While redistricting will be the left’s next uphill battle in Texas, voting rights groups and civil rights leaders pledged to continue fighting the new voting law. “Black votes were suppressed today,” Derrick Johnson, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., said in a statement. “Texas Governor Greg Abbott has intentionally signed away democracy for so many. We are disgusted.”
AP News:Texas governor signs new GOP voting restrictions into law
“Black votes were suppressed today. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has intentionally signed away democracy for so many. We are disgusted,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
The Guardian: Texas governor signs controversial voting restrictions into law
Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said: “Black votes were suppressed today … Greg Abbott has intentionally signed away democracy for so many. We are disgusted. This voter suppression bill is undemocratic, unAmerican and even violates core conservative principles. “While Greg Abbott and many other governors have confirmed over and over how far they are willing to go to attack Black voters, we will continue to fight twice as hard to defend the right to vote.”
NPR:COVID Isn’t The Only Reason Parents Are Hesitant To Send Their Kids Back To School
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks to Ivory Toldson, NAACP Director of Education Innovation and Research, about why some Black and Latinx parents are hesitant to send their kids back to school.
Refinery 29:Lancôme Teams Up With The NAACP To Empower Young Women
Lancôme has partnered with advocacy powerhouse NAACP to support young women of color in the U.S. on their educational journey by providing mentorships, workshops, and scholarships to college-bound high school seniors. Lancôme believes every young woman deserves the opportunity to write her future.
WWD:Lancôme, NAACP Team Up for Write Her Future Fund
Lancôme‘s Write Her Future scholarship fund has entered phase two with a freshly inked partnership. The L’Oréal-owned brand is partnering with the NAACP to provide 30 grants of $10,000 to students starting college in the 2022 academic year.
ESPN: Texas NAACP files federal complaint over ‘The Eyes of Texas’ song
The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students have filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Texas for its continued use of the school song “The Eyes of Texas,” which has racist elements in its past. The complaint filed Sept. 3 with the U.S. Department of Education alleges that Black students, athletes, band members, faculty and alumni are being subjected to violations of the Civil Rights Act and a hostile campus environment over the “offensive,” “disrespectful” and “aggressive” use of the song.
Statesman:‘Eyes of Texas’ creates hostile environment at UT, Texas NAACP says
University of Texas students and the Texas NAACP have filed a federal civil rights complaint claiming that UT is discriminating against Black students on the basis of race by its use of “The Eyes of Texas.” The Texas and UT chapters of the NAACP, along with five anonymous students, filed the complaint with the U.S. Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights on Friday.
Black Doctor:COVID Cases Higher Than Last Labor Day Weekend
In the Black community, 85% have expressed concern over the new variants and strains that could potentially be dangerous and deadly, according to the NAACP. With the Delta variant surging and many Americans mask- and vaccine-free, new cases of COVID-19 spiked to levels over the long Labor Day weekend that were 300% higher than those seen over the same weekend in 2020, according to a new tally from Johns Hopkins University.
The Root:Blacks More Likely to Get Federal Life Sentences Than Hispanic, White Offenders
The NAACP reports that there are three million people in prison and jail today and that Black people are incarcerated at more than five times the rate of whites. Another statistic from the NAACP: “If African Americans and Hispanics were incarcerated at the same rates as whites, prison and jail populations would decline by almost 40%.”
WACH:More Columbia families evicted, local NAACP pitching in to help
With no eviction moratorium, leaders from the Columbia Branch of the NAACP tell WACH FOX News they fear that thousands of other families will end up like the Kennedy’s very soon. It’s among the reasons why the agency is stepping in to help with the housing navigator program. “We do on the spot in-take, which is very short, your name, your number, your street address if that be the case, and your problem,” said NAACP-Columbia branch president Oveta Glover.
UPI:NAACP files lawsuit against Oklahoma’s anti-protest law
Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against a controversial anti-protest law set to go into effect in a month’s time they say is not only unconstitutional but was written to discourage peaceful demonstrations. “Last year, the country watched a video of a man being brutally murdered by law enforcement. Rather than trying to prevent such future injustices in this state, Oklahoma dedicated its efforts to silencing those who fight against injustice,” Oklahoma State NAACP President Anthony Douglas said in a statement.