NAACP
Today in labor history: NAACP appeals to UN on denial of voting rights
October 23, 2012On this day in 1947 the NAACP at the initiative of W.E.B. Du Bois presented an "Appeal to the World" to the United Nations, charging systematic discrimination against African Americans. The Appeal noted that "three-fourths of...
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NAACP: Over a century of struggle
July 29, 2011Since its founding 102 years ago, the NAACP has been at the forefront in the fight for civil rights and social justice for African Americans and all working people.
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At American Islamic banquet, warning about “surveillance society”
May 10, 2011"We now live in a surveillance society," civil liberties attorney Chip Pitts charged, "and the dangerous thing is that [it is being] taken for granted, like water is for fish."
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Tea party activism tied to extremists turning violent
October 25, 2010The tea party and its Republican Party handlers have been linked to extremist and openly racist organizations.
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Oct. 2 ‘One Nation’ rally calls for jobs
October 3, 2010Protesters rallied at the Lincoln Memorial Oct. 2 to cheer calls for jobs, union rights and a massive vote against corporate greed and hate in the Nov. 2 midterm elections.
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