NAACP
The Mahalo Top 7
- Official Site: NAACP
- Wikipedia: NAACP
- The State: "Clinton, Obama sign on for rally" (January 3, 2008)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Jubilee Day: Celebrating slavery's end" (January 1, 2008)
- The New York Times: "Threat ... Shakes Local N.A.A.C.P." (December 28, 2007)
- Google News: NAACP
- Video: Eye To Eye: NAACP's Future (CBS News) (Time: 4:10)
NAACP Recent News
- Official Site: NAACP News
- Yahoo! News: NAACP
- Baltimore Sun: Jealous to Become NAACP's New President, CEO (May 17, 2008)
- Cincinnati Enquirer: "NAACP: Put cameras to a vote" (December 28, 2007)
- The Advocate: "NAACP leader apologizes for considering job offer" (December 20, 2007)
- The State: "S.C. NAACP: Credit relief efforts criticized" (December 20, 2007)
- Cincinnati Enquirer: "NAACP asks feds to mediate" (December 11, 2007)
NAACP Background and Articles
- Africa Online: NAACP History
- Discover the Networks: NAACP Profile
- The Economist: "The American South - The central question" (March 1, 2007)
- Frost Illustrated: "NAACP officials won't abandon Heritage racial battle victims"
NAACP Videos and Media
- Official Site: 98th Annual Convention Webcast
- Official Site: The Crisis Online Magazine
- YouTube & Google Video Search: NAACP
- Google Video: NAACP Report TV Show (12/12/07) (Time: 1:00:00)
- YouTube: NAACP Pat Morris Interview with Ken Benitez (Time: 6:47)
- YouTube: Julian Bond on Florida Marriage Amendment (Time: 1:47)
NAACP Blogs and Message Boards
- Official Site: NAACP Forums
- Redstate: NAACP Attacks Democrat For Allegedly Racist Comment
- Blue Collar Republican: How In The Hell Does The NAACP Have A Say In Where My Kid Goes To School?
- Prairie Pundit: NAACP pushes racial hoaxes
- Sean Hannity Forums: NAACP Chapter Gets Something New - Discussion Thread
- Media Matters: MSNBC's Carlson called NAACP "a sad joke that should be shut down"
NAACP Timeline
- February 12, 1909: Founded
- 1910: Originally named the National Negro Committee, the name was changed to NAACP
- 1917: Helped get rights for African Americans to serve as officers during World War I
- 1930: First successful fight against a Supreme Court nominee, Judge John Parker
- 1935: Won legal battle to enable black students to attend the University of Maryland
- 1940: Formed the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- 1954: Won the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, making segregation in Elementary schools illegal.
- 1955: Member Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus
- 1964: Helped push for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
- 2000: Largest civil rights demonstration ever in the South takes place in Columbia, South Carolina against the flying of the Confederate Battle Flag.
- 2004: Tax exempt status of the NAACP under investigation by the IRS
NAACP Criticism
- The Buffalo News: "How to know when new era arrives at last" (January 3, 2008)
- National Center for Public Policy Research: Black Activists Renew Condemnation ... (December 12, 2007)
- USA Today: "New NAACP fund chief starts with clean slate" (December 11, 2007)