I didn't pick cotton. So, I know good and well we're not going to allow our babies to be talking about picking cotton," said Cynthia Adams, President of the NAACP Oakland Chapter. Among the recipients ...

After racist text messages were sent to Black people in San Francisco and around the country, NAACP chapters are decrying the ...

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao was behind in the election to recall her from office based on early returns from the Alameda County ...

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At 3:30 p.m., Save Alameda for Everyone, a committee formed to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price, will hold a watch party. The event will include families of homicide victims and ...

The town house was owned by Francis James Grimké, a prominent clergyman and co-founder of the NAACP, who hosted Douglass’s intimate wedding ceremony in the home’s parlor room. “We just went ...

Mayor Adams defended Donald Trump Saturday, slamming claims from Democrats that the Republican nominee is a “fascist” who could be compared to Adolf Hitler. “I have had those comments hurled ...

United States midfielder Tyler Adams made his first appearance since the Copa América on Saturday and helped Bournemouth draw with Aston Villa 1-1 in the Premier League. Adams, who captained the ...

A six-member panel discussed election issues at the Lima NAACP town hall meeting Saturday at Grace Church Worldwide Ministries. LIMA — The Lima chapter of the NAACP hosted a town hall meeting ...

Few approved of Mr. Adams’s job performance, and he trailed Andrew Cuomo and Letitia James in an early survey of potential mayoral candidates. By Nicholas Fandos and Ruth Igielnik Nicholas ...

The NAACP announced today NAACP Capital, a $200 million fund of funds to back fund managers focused on issues that impact people of color. The fund was conceived in partnership with Kapor Capital ...

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