African Americans

NAACP meet: health crisis is civil rights issue

July 12, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - "We are fighting for the lives of a whole generation of children," Angela Glover Blackwell told the NAACP's 101st National Convention here July 10.

Verdict in Oscar Grant murder case met with protests

July 9, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

OAKLAND, Calif. -A jury found former police officer Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant III.

Closing the racial wealth gap

July 5, 2010 By Dick Meister

Racial wage gap between black and white workers is shrinking, but the all-class gap between black and white is growing.

Carolina NAACP head calls for civil disobedience to protest “resegregation”

June 23, 2010 By Lincoln Whitehall

RALEIGH, N.C. - William Barber II, state NAACP chairman, this week called for mass civil disobedience July 20 to protest moves to "resegregate" public education in Wake County.

Black and Latino home losses continue to mount

June 22, 2010 By Joe Sims

With close to 6 million homes at risk of being seized by banks, the foreclosure crisis continues to deepen, with the greatest risk to homeowners of color, a new study finds.