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BED-STUY, BROOKLYN - A block in Bed-Stuy was officially named in honor of a prominent civil rights attorney who died in 2015.The section of Decatur Street between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues was recently named the "Jacqueline Berrien Way"…

The Rev. James Lawson Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., the renowned civil rights leader and instructor for CSUN's Civil Discourse & Social Change initiative, was recently honored by the country's oldest civil rights organization, the NAACP,…

SHUT DOWNBenjamin Levett, 6, runs his hands through the fountain of the Civil Rights Memorial during a memorial honoring civil rights leader Julian Bond held at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala. On Saturday, Aug. 22, 2015.…

Anniston-Calhoun NAACP honors foot soldiers for their role in Alabama's civil rights news leader

The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund is working to build a new team of civil rights attorneys to launch a scholarship program to pay for their legal degrees. The Marshall Motley Scholarship Program…

From Bobbie Green, Ph.D., President Doña Ana County NAACP Black History Month is the shortest month of the year, but its importance has never increased more than it did in 2021. Repeated attempts to…

As the NAACP Legal Defense Fund celebrates its 80th anniversary this year, they are also giving back - $ 40 million - to support the careers of future civil rights attorneys.Thanks to an anonymous donor, the legal group is…

F.For 80 years, the NAACP Legal Protection and Education Fund has led several effective initiatives focusing on the fight for civil rights and combating systemic injustice. The nonprofit continues to advance its efforts by…

Thanks to an anonymous donor, the legal group is launching the Marshall Motley Scholarship Program, named after Thurgood Marshall, founder of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) who was the first judge on the Black Supreme Court, and Constance…

NEWBURGH - The January 6th Uprising in the U.S. Capitol and divisions by extremist groups turned the civil rights movement of the 1960s 360 degrees, according to Ray Harvey, president of the NAACP in Newburgh-Highland Falls. Harvey…