Tag Archives: NAACP

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    Woman charged with starving her son to death freed from jail

    Her supporters say she is a victim. An interoffice memo from the Medical Examiner’s office shows the child died of starvation and neglect.

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    NAACP calls foul on Facebook post about new Emporia mayor

    The woman who made the post, was upset her candidate lost the mayoral race, so she took to Facebook.

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    NAACP wants Va. ex-felons’ voting rights restored

    Virginia is one of just four states that requires ex-felons to appeal to the governor to have their voting rights restored.

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    A LIST: Check out Antoinette’s weekend event picks

    The weekend is chock full of events. Click here to see for yourself!

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    NAACP: Don’t build stadium in Shockoe Bottom

    Let’s just say the Virginia NAACP is not happy about the idea of building a new stadium in Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom.

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    Would restoring felon voting rights change VA’s political landscape?

    Former City Councilman turned civil rights activist Sa’ad El-Amin is a convicted felon, one of the 350,000 convicted felons who live in Virginia.

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    Developer files $500,000 lawsuit against city

    Willie Earl Bradley claims the city failed to live up to its part of the deal.

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    Civil rights pioneer Willis Edwards dies at 66

    Willis Edwards, longtime president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP and key to launching the NAACP Image Awards on national television, died Friday.

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    Biden takes on voting rights issues at NAACP convention

    Biden strayed from his typical campaign speech to zero in on voting rights, arguing that Republicans were making it more difficult for certain group to vote.

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    Romney courts African-American vote at NAACP convention

    Something Mitt Romney said prompted the crowd to boo.

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    NAACP blasts mayor for RPS ‘mediocrity’ statements

    NAACP Director calls mayor’s statements a “sucker punch”

  • News / Politics NAACP calling for changes to minority hiring procedures

    NAACP hold rally to improve standing of minority businesses

    NAACP asking lawmakers to fix a problem involving women and minority owned businesses in the Commonwealth.