Derrick Johnson
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NAACP Holds Teleconference to Reach Out to Community Amid Pandemic
The NAACP hosted an emergency tele-town hall about coronavirus, COVID-19 and its potential impact on communities of color.
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Civil Rights Leaders Call on Congress to Address Disproportionate Impact of Coronavirus on Black Americans
The NAACP has requested an urgent meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer regarding racial…
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Community Reinvestment Act Changes Expected to Benefit Low- and Moderate-Income Communities
Proposed changes to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) could lead to greatly enhanced investment in low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities…
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Tributes Pour in for Elijah Cummings
But the longtime Maryland congressman who died Oct. 17 at the age of 68, won't soon be forgotten, evident by…
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Amazon’s Police Power Sounding Alarms Among Blacks and Communities of Color
The little we know about Amazon’s surveillance technology is not good.
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HBCU Town Hall Lists Education Among Most Critical Civil Rights Issues
An NAACP-sponsored tele-town hall that focused on the underfunding of historically black colleges and universities in Maryland and several other…
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NAACP Observes 400th Anniversary of Slave Trade in Journey from Jamestown to Jamestown
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Please enable JavaScript LinkEmbedCopy and paste this HTML code into your webpage…
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Trump Flip-Flops on Census Citizenship Question
After the Supreme Court's sharp rebuke of the Trump administration's rationale for wanting the citizenship question in the 2020 census,…
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JOHNSON: Juneteenth Marks Continuing Fight for Freedom
As we celebrate Black liberation, let us continue to unite and fight together to confront the challenges we face today.
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Bernie Sanders the Lone 2020 Candidate Who Will Address Black Press at NNPA Convention
Sen. Bernie Sanders is the only 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful who has agreed to address key influencers of the African…
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