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Showing posts with label Derrick Johnson. Show all posts
Sunday, August 25, 2024

NAACP Announces Chicago as Home of the 117th National Convention

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At a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, NAACP leaders welcomed Governor of Illinois J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to...
Saturday, June 03, 2023

NAACP President & CEO: ‘Debt Ceiling Bill Misses the Mark for Black America’

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The Senate passed legislation that will raise the debt ceiling and avoid a cataclysmic default, yet have a disproportionately negative imp...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

NAACP statement on racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo NY

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A gunman wearing military gear opened fire with a rifle at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in what authorities called “racially motived v...
Monday, April 25, 2022

NAACP President urges Elon Musk to not allow Donald Trump to return to Twitter

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NAACP President Derrick Johnson released the following statement after news broke that Elon Musk had reached a deal to buy Twitter . ...
Thursday, February 03, 2022

Civil Rights Leaders Request Meeting With NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell To Discuss Hiring Practices

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The Rev. Al Sharpton and other prominent civil rights leaders promised “direct action” at this month’s Super Bowl if the NFL does not imme...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson Statement on U.S. Border Patrol Attacking Haitian Refugees

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NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, released the following statement regarding the images and videos of U.S. border patrol attacking...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

NAACP President CEO & President statement on Derek Chauvin sentencing

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NAACP President CEO & President released the following statement on the Derek Chauvin sentencing: Our hearts are with the Floyd fami...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

NAACP PRESIDENT’S STATEMENT ON RECKLESS KILLING OF DAUNTE WRIGHT

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NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, released the following statement in response to the reckless killing of Daunte Wright: “Daun...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

NAACP PRESIDENT DERRICK JOHNSON CALLS ON CONGRESS TO BAN ASSAULT WEAPONS

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After the tragic mass shootings in both Georgia and Colorado, NAACP President Derrick Johnson has released the following statement asking ...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

NAACP DEVASTATED BY PASSING OF JUSTICE RUTH BADER GINSBURG

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Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP issued the following statement tonight on the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Th...
Thursday, May 07, 2020

NAACP President calls for resignation of the district attorney in the Ahmad Arbery case

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NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson took to Twitter to call for the resignation of Jackie Johnson, the district attorney for his han...
Sunday, August 12, 2018

NAACP president on Trump: 'I have no other conclusion but to say he is a racist'

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Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP, said President Donald Trump "is a racist" and bashed his administration for its r...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Can the NAACP save itself?

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When the most prominent African-American civil rights group recently issued a nationwide warning against flying on American Airlines, it...
Sunday, October 22, 2017

NAACP BOARD ELECTS DERRICK JOHNSON PRESIDENT & CEO

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BALTIMORE  (October 21, 2017) —The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America’s largest and orig...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

NAACP names vice chair Derrick Johnson interim president & CEO

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The NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest nonpartisan civil rights organization, names vice chairman of the board of directors Der...