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NAACP 2017 National Convention coming to Baltimore, really
The local NAACP announced the city would host in 2016 prematurely earlier this year.
NAACP says Baltimore convention not a done deal
The NAACP says the site of its 2016 national convention, reported to be Baltimore, has not yet been selected.
Baltimore branch wins NAACP awards
The Baltimore City Branch of the NAACP was awarded two Thalheimer Awards during the National Convention in Las Vegas, branch President Tessa Hill-Aston announced on Thursday. Baltimore was chosen the […]
Cheatham: Too few black businesses downtown
Marvin L. "Doc" Cheatham is concerned about what he says is a dearth of black owned businesses downtown.
Baltimore to host 2016 NAACP convention
The National NAACP Convention will be coming to Baltimore in 2016, the president of the city's branch announced from the current meeting in Las Vegas.
NAACP, Dunkin’ Brands partner on franchise initiative
The NAACP, headquartered in Baltimore, announced a partnership with Dunkin’ Brands Group Inc., the parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, to create a diversity franchising initiative to increase the […]
Biden decries voting restrictions in NAACP address
Vice President Joe Biden urged the NAACP on Wednesday to spread the word about what he called "a hailstorm" of measures to restrict citizens' ability to vote, trying to rally the Democratic Party's base before the midterm elections.
ACLU, NAACP call on Vallario to allow marijuana vote
The groups Monday released a poll of three legislative districts including that of committee Chairman Joseph F. Vallario Jr., D-Prince George's, Vice Chairwoman Kathleen M. Dumais, D-Montgomery, and Del. Frank M. Conway Jr., D-Baltimore City.
State must pay fees in NAACP suit
The NAACP is entitled to some attorneys’ fees for its six-year pursuit of Maryland State Police traffic stop records, a Baltimore County judge has found.
Former NAACP president moves to venture capital
Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist.
NAACP pushes new foreclosure moratorium
The state NAACP chapter is encouraging legislators to pass a bill to create a six-month moratorium on foreclosures in the state.
Joe Surkiewicz: Susan Goering—25 years at the ACLU of Maryland
Do you remember when you decided to become a lawyer? Susan Goering does. The executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland was in sixth grade in rural Kansas, where she grew up in a liberal Mennonite family.
