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Charles Hamilton Houston (September 3, 1895 – April 22, 1950) [1] was an American lawyer. He was the dean of Howard University Law School and NAACP first special counsel. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Houston played a significant role in dismantling Jim Crow laws, especially attacking segregation in schools and racial housing covenants.
In an interview with GQ Magazine, Derrick Johnson expressed that the NAACP does not endorse Presidential candidates. [7] However, when asked about Donald Trump, Johnson opined that he has not "seen a single president as bad as Trump." [7] On June 10, 2020, the NAACP hosted a virtual town hall with former Vice President Joe Biden. [8]
Jan. 2—The Wilkes-Barre branch of the NAACP has issued a statement "to the members of the Crestwood School District Board of Education" calling for newly appointed member Robert Derwin to resign ...
Teresa Haley, the top official of the Illinois NAACP, is under fire from the state’s governor and others after a leaked video call with NAACP leaders around the state appears to show her ...
Currently, he is a National Board Member of the NAACP [9] since his appointment to the board in February 2024. [10] He is also a principal at Civitas Engineering and Group Vice President of Business Development. In November 2018, Reynolds was re-elected to his fifth term as a member of the Texas House of Representatives while he was in jail. [11]
In the letter, national president Johnson suspended Williams immediately pending an investigation and hearing, saying her membership “presents a danger of harm” to the NAACP and the Sacramento ...
Lulu (or Lula) Belle Madison White (August 31, 1900 [1] – July 6, 1957) was a teacher and civil rights activist in Texas during the 1940s and 1950s. [2] In 1939, White was named as the president of the Houston chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) before becoming executive secretary of the branch in 1943. [3]
It is unclear for how long Haley will be suspended; she released an apology Thursday