Good Morning America: NAACP President Reacts to Derek Chauvin’s Murder Trial
President Johnson talks with Good Morning America about the Derek Chauvin trial and its effect on the Black community.
MSNBC: NAACP President: Members of Congress shouldn’t ‘contemplate where they’re going to be buried’ while at work
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses 10 new members of Congress joining his lawsuit accusing Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite the Capitol riot. In the suit one of those 10 lawmakers said he contemplated where he would want to be buried if he was killed that day.
CNN: MLB Moves All-Star Game out of GA, Due to Restrictive Voting Law
Watch President Johsnon discusses Major League Baseball’s decision to move the all star game out of Georgia after the states blatant attack on voting rights.
New York Times: Capitol Riots: Democratic Lawmakers Join Lawsuit Against Giuliani, Trump
The NAACP originally brought the suit on behalf of Representative Bennie Thompson of Mississippi in February, adding to a host of legal problems that Mr. Trump is facing since leaving office. Mr. Thompson and the other plaintiffs are seeking compensatory and punitive damages in the lawsuit that was filed in Federal District Court in Washington, as well as injunctive relief. The dollar amounts would be determined by a jury at a trial, an NAACP spokesman said.
CNN: Ten more members of Congress join NAACP lawsuit against Trump and Giuliani for conspiring to incite US Capitol riot
The lawsuit, first brought by House Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and the NAACP, accuses Trump and Giuliani of conspiring with extremist groups the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to incite the riot at the Capitol. The lawsuit is backed by the NAACP, and its president, Derrick Johnson, accused the former President of inciting “a meticulously organized coup … that placed members of Congress and the integrity of our democracy in peril.”
The Hill: 10 Democrats join NAACP lawsuit against Trump
Jan. 6 “was the climax of a meticulously organized coup incited by Donald Trump that placed members of congress and the integrity of our democracy in peril,” NAACP president Derrick Johnson said in a statement. “For African Americans, we see a long history of people not being held accountable … and if we don’t hold people accountable, there becomes this entitlement that it’s OK to cause harm and violate the law,” Johnson said at the time.
Axios: 10 more House Democrats join suit against Trump and Giuliani for Capitol riots
Ten more members of Congress have signed onto the NAACP’s lawsuit against former President Trump and Rudy Giuliani for allegedly conspiring with extremists to incite the Capitol insurrection.Why it matters: The lawmakers, who were in the House gallery when pro-Trump rioters breached the Capitol on Jan. 6, said in the complaint they feared for their lives. The lawsuit was first filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and the NAACP in February.
Business Insider: NAACP’s Trump Riot Suit Will Reportedly Add 10 New Plaintiffs
The NAACP’s suit alleging Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and members of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers conspired to incite a riot in an effort to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election is expected to add 10 plaintiffs, including other members of Congress, on Wednesday.
Washington Post: Virginia AG, NAACP to launch effort to overhaul investigations of police shootings
Virginia’s attorney general and the state’s NAACP announced Wednesday that they are launching a collaborative effort to bring more transparency, impartiality and public confidence to the way police shootings are investigated across the commonwealth.
Forbes: Not A Marketing Moment’: Brands Increase Support For AAPI Causes Through Donations And Dialogue
Aba Blankson, chief marketing and communications officer for the NAACP, says companies have increasingly reached out to the civil rights organization seeking guidance on how to respond to the attacks. For those doing so for the first time, she says acknowledging past silence is a good first step. And the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and its Alliance for Inclusive and Multicultural Marketing recently released a statement condemning the violence in Atlanta and sharing six points of action for marketers.
WMC5: Memphis community leaders step up vaccination efforts
Health leaders have made progress in recent weeks getting more people vaccinated, but there are still a lot of people who have not been vaccinated. Community leaders are increasing their efforts to reach those people.
MLive: The Year 2042 podcast: How NAACP and BLM approach fighting systemic racism
A year after the Race Riot of 1908 in Springfield, Illinois, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people was born. Known as the NAACP, the organization began fighting to eliminate race-based discrimination that Black citizens faced.
KTSM: Local NAACP president says proposed state George Floyd Act “a good start” toward protecting the public | KTSM 9 News
A state initiative to ban chokeholds and reign-in police use-of-force has drawn support from the local president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “I think it’s a good start on the way to protecting our citizens and that’s really what the police are about,” Jackson-Hardwick said. “To protect the citizens but not necessarily kill our citizens.”
Baltimore Sun: Baltimore NAACP chapter demands meeting of inspector general oversight board after Marilyn Mosby investigation
The Baltimore chapter of the NAACP is calling on city leaders to convene a meeting of the board that oversees the inspector general’s office after its recent investigation of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.The Rev. Kobi Little, president of the local NAACP, circulated a letter to board members in which he writes that he’s troubled after reading that the oversight board has never met. The Baltimore Sun reported in February the lack of meetings.
WPXI: Pennsylvania NAACP Helping Bring Vaccination Clinics to Areas in Need
Pennsylvania’s NAACP is working to get the vaccine into the arms of people from areas in need all across the state. “This is extremely important, particularly given the fact that we know Black and brown communities have suffered immensely from COVID-19,” said NAACP’s state president, Kenneth Huston.