After over a decade of seclusion from South Carolina, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has decided to break their economic boycott of…
Read the open letter from the NAACP … Open Letter to the FOP from the NAACP Criminal Justice Committee (In Full): May 18, 2015 Gene S. Ryan, President Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #3 RE: Concerns about rhetoric used towards African American female leadership Dear President Ryan: We hope this letter finds you […]
The intense events occurring in Baltimore over the death of Freddie Gray have garnered the attention of the media, the nation, some of the most prestigious…
In August of 2013 several national Black Civil Rights organizations came together to set a Black Agenda. This conglomeration of organizations included the National Urban League,…
Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne Now” was in Selma, AL for the Selma 50th Anniversary Jubilee commemoration. While on location, Martin recorded a special commentary questioning if Generation…
In the wake of the Department of Justice’s scathing report on the Ferguson Police Department and their racially biased procedures, Roland Martin, host of “NewsOne…
There have been two violent assaults on institutions that speak to the power of freedom of speech, but only one of them is securing major…
On Tuesday an improvised explosive device was detonated near the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP. According to FBI spokeswoman Amy Sanders, it is too…
“Selma,” the first Hollywood studio film about slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., commanded eight nominations from the NAACP Image Awards, and…
