Alabama NAACP announces its 64th annual convention platform

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Alabama state conference of the NAACP unveiled its platform Friday for the 64th annual convention. The convention will be held at the Sheraton Birmingham Hotel Oct. 6-8. The convention brings the national organization’s theme “Our lives matter, our votes count!”

Cleveland NAACP endorses $15 minimum wage, phased in over several years

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Chapter of the NAACP officially has endorsed a proposal to phase in a citywide $15 minimum wage over a five-year period beginning Jan. 1.

Two long-held inmates were wrongly convicted, NC NAACP says

Published: The North Carolina NAACP says two inmates have been wrongfully convicted, and need to be set free. The families of Dontae Sharpe and Kalvin Michael Smith, as well as the NAACP, walked to Governor Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper’s offices Thursday morning.