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Lizzo Proudly Wins Entertainer Of The Year At The 2020 NAACP Image Awards: ‘Perfectly Black In Every Way’

Lizzo Proudly Wins Entertainer Of The Year At The 2020 NAACP Image Awards: ‘Perfectly Black In Every Way’

On Saturday night, Lizzo enjoyed a huge win at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards. The “Cuz I Love You” singer-rapper was awarded the Entertainer of the Year title in a tough contest that put the hitmaker in competition with Angela Bassett, Billy Porter, Regina King, and Tyler Perry. Before that happened at this year’s ceremony […]

4y ago

Rihanna Will Be Honored With The NAACP President Award At Its Annual Ceremony

Rihanna Will Be Honored With The NAACP President Award At Its Annual Ceremony

Rihanna will receive recognition for her professional accomplishments at the 51st annual NAACP Image Awards. The “Consideration” singer will be honored at the award show for her global cultural impact in the world of music, fashion, and beauty. Harper’s Bazaar reports that the multitalented star’s work ethic during her 15-year entertainment career has been something […]

4y ago

Adrienne Bailon Wows In One-Shouldered Short Pink Dress At NAACP Image Awards

Adrienne Bailon Wows In One-Shouldered Short Pink Dress At NAACP Image Awards

Adrienne Bailon attended the NAACP Image Awards over the weekend and wowed her Instagram followers with her outfit choice. The “No More (Baby I’ma Do it Right)” hitmaker stunned in a one-shouldered pink dress. The garment hit well above her knees and was tightly fitted around her waist with a black belt. Bailon accessorized herself […]

4y ago

NAACP Passes Resolution Calling For The Impeachment Of Donald Trump

NAACP Passes Resolution Calling For The Impeachment Of Donald Trump

The NAACP announced Tuesday in posts to Twitter that its delegates voted unanimously to call for the impeachment of President Trump. NAACP President Derrick Johnson said that the president’s conduct has shown he is unable to lead the country. “Today, @NAACP voted to move forward with a resolution to initiate@realDonaldTrump’s impeachment at the 110th #NAACPConvention,” […]

4y ago

Days After Coming Under Fire For Tweets Decried As Racist, Donald Trump Cancels Appearance At NAACP Convention

Days After Coming Under Fire For Tweets Decried As Racist, Donald Trump Cancels Appearance At NAACP Convention

While still under fire for a series of tweets widely perceived as racist, Donald Trump stoked even more controversy this week when the White House announced that he would not be making a planned appearance at the NAACP National Convention in Detroit. As Fox 2 Detroit reported, the White House had agreed to a date […]

4y ago

Rachel Dolezal, NAACP Leader Who Pretended To Be Black, Takes Plea Deal In Welfare Fraud Case

Rachel Dolezal, NAACP Leader Who Pretended To Be Black, Takes Plea Deal In Welfare Fraud Case

A former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) leader who pretended to be black has reached a plea deal, allowing her to avoid a trial. Rachel Dolezal, who legally changed her name to Nkechi Diallo in 2016, was charged with second-degree perjury and felony theft by welfare fraud last year. From August […]

5y ago

NAACP Image Awards: Complete List Of Winners

NAACP Image Awards: Complete List Of Winners

The 50th NAACP Image Awards took place on Saturday, March 30, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. The ceremony was hosted by Anthony Anderson, and it aired live on TV One. “The NAACP Image Awards is the preeminent multicultural awards show celebrating the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature, […]

5y ago

NAACP Awards Host Anthony Anderson Hopes Jussie Smollett Wins Days After Charges Dropped

NAACP Awards Host Anthony Anderson Hopes Jussie Smollett Wins Days After Charges Dropped

The mysterious case of Empire actor Jussie Smollett took another twist this week. On Tuesday morning, the announcement was made that the prosecutor in his alleged staged attack case had dropped all 16 charges against the actor. It’s fortuitous timing, of course, given that this weekend is the NAACP Image Awards ceremony, for which Smollett […]

5y ago

NAACP Calls For Week-Long Facebook Boycott After Release Of Russia Report

NAACP Calls For Week-Long Facebook Boycott After Release Of Russia Report

The NAACP is calling for a week-long boycott of Facebook and Instagram (which the company owns) following a recent report detailing how Russians sought to dilute and confuse African-American voters using the social media site. The organization, which promotes “equality of rights of all persons” according to its website, made the call to action on […]

5y ago

La Jolla School Principal Apologizes For Email Warning Parents About Black Man At Starbucks

La Jolla School Principal Apologizes For Email Warning Parents About Black Man At Starbucks

A California elementary school principal apologized this week after she sent out an email earlier warning parents about a black male who allegedly stared at and followed a young girl in a Starbucks, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported. Donna Tripi, of La Jolla Elementary School, explained that in hindsight, she believed the email unintentionally perpetuated […]

5y ago

Former NAACP Chapter President Rachel Dolezal Facing Felony Welfare Fraud Charges

Former NAACP Chapter President Rachel Dolezal Facing Felony Welfare Fraud Charges

The “transracial” woman that served for a time as president of the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter in Spokane, Washington, is facing up to 15 years in prison for alleged welfare fraud. Rachel Dolezal, the Caucasian woman who claimed to be black and ran her local NAACP chapter until 2015, […]

5y ago

Willie Jones Jr. Hanging Death Still Unsolved, Mississippi Activists Demand Justice At Town Hall Meeting

Willie Jones Jr. Hanging Death Still Unsolved, Mississippi Activists Demand Justice At Town Hall Meeting

Willie Jones Jr. was found dead hanging from a tree in front of his girlfriend’s house on the night of February 8. While a preliminary investigation quickly ruled Jones’ death a suicide, the family adamantly refutes this narrative. They believe that law enforcement has conspired to cover up a murder and local activists are taking […]

6y ago

NAACP Wants ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Replaced As National Anthem Because It Is ‘Racist’

NAACP Wants ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Replaced As National Anthem Because It Is ‘Racist’

The California chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has said it pushing for the replacement of “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem. The NAACP said it plans to start lobbying legislators in January to replace “The Star Spangled Banner.” According to Alice Huffman, president of the California chapter […]

6y ago

NAACP Warns Black Passengers On American Airlines: ‘Exercise Caution’ Or ‘Don’t Fly’ Aboard Airline

NAACP Warns Black Passengers On American Airlines: ‘Exercise Caution’ Or ‘Don’t Fly’ Aboard Airline

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has issued a rare and strong warning to black passengers who plan to fly on American Airlines. The civil rights organization said it issued the alert to African-American fliers due to a worrisome pattern of biased behavior by the airline. The NAACP is the first […]

6y ago

Alabama School District’s Secession Plans In Gardendale Under Attack By NAACP

Alabama School District’s Secession Plans In Gardendale Under Attack By NAACP

An Alabama school district’s secession plan has garnered a swift and unhappy response from the NAACP. The civil rights group issued a message directly to the majority white town of Gardendale after a federal judge approved the plan to splinter the racially diverse school. Gardendale took legal steps to secede from the Jefferson County, Alabama […]

6y ago

Missouri NAACP Issues Travel Advisory After State Passes ‘Legal Discrimination’ Law Against People Of Color

Missouri NAACP Issues Travel Advisory After State Passes ‘Legal Discrimination’ Law Against People Of Color

In an unprecedented move, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (or NAACP) in Missouri issued a travel advisory for people of color. The oldest civil rights group in the United States announced the warning after state legislators passed a law that the group deems “legal discrimination.” The NAACP circulated messages using various […]

6y ago

Rachel Dolezal Is Back: Disgraced NAACP Leader Releasing Book About Race

Rachel Dolezal Is Back: Disgraced NAACP Leader Releasing Book About Race

Rachel Dolezal is back in the forefront of the news cycle after her appearance on the Today show. The former NAACP Spokane, Washington chapter president said even though she was born to white parents, she is not about to stop being an activist for black causes. “I definitely feel like in America… there still is […]

7y ago

Rachel Dolezal Name Change: The Disgraced NAACP Head Now A ‘Gift Of God’

Rachel Dolezal Name Change: The Disgraced NAACP Head Now A ‘Gift Of God’

Rachel Dolezal believes she’s black, regardless of her physical characteristics of whiteness. The Daily Mail reports that Dolezal now has a legal name to go with her adopted racial identity. Dolezal is the white woman who pretended to be of African heritage and eventually became the Spokane, Washington, NAACP chapter head. Her white Christian parents […]

7y ago

James T Harris: ‘There’s A Sickness In The Black Community’ [Video]

James T Harris: ‘There’s A Sickness In The Black Community’ [Video]

James T Harris is a self-described “generational expert” who is a radio personality and has appeared on major news networks. He has been vocal about his political and societal views. In the wake of the incident in Chicago, in which an intellectually disabled white man was kidnapped by four black people who tortured the man […]

7y ago

NAACP Says 13-Year-Old St. Louis Girl Who Allegedly Shot Elderly Couple At Beauty Supply Store ‘Not A Monster’

NAACP Says 13-Year-Old St. Louis Girl Who Allegedly Shot Elderly Couple At Beauty Supply Store ‘Not A Monster’

The St. Louis chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) says that a 13-year-old girl who allegedly shot an elderly couple is “not a monster,” and says that repeated failures in “the system” led to the shooting. As KMOV (St. Louis) reports, St. Louis NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt held a […]

7y ago

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