The Women of the Davenport NAACP is hosting a free "Meet Local Authors" event on Saturday from 3-5 p.m. in partnership with the Quad Cities Black Authors Collective.

The Popp-Martin Student Union is undoubtedly familiar to students at UNC Charlotte, but fewer may know the story behind its name. The building was partially named in honor of alumna ...

From racial terror to literacy tests to modern-day voter suppression, efforts to silence Black political power have never stopped.

The 98-year-old was most known for his hard work with the Nashville chapter of the NAACP, touching lives and making history ...

Hazel Dukes, former president of the NAACP and longtime president of the civil rights organization’s New York chapter, has ...

Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, has died. She ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they ...

The church has been a cornerstone in the African American community, serving as a source of faith, strength and social change ...

Wages rose and unions began to diversify. NAACP membership skyrocketed, hundreds of new branches were formed, and the whole enterprise was energized with renewed determination. PATRICIA SULLIVAN ...

The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This group is an American civil rights organization formed back in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris made her first significant public appearance at the NAACP Awards, subtly criticizing the ... She informed guests about how this organization was founded during a ...