Rachel styled herself a Black civil rights activist and complained to police she’d been the victim of race-related hate ...

ESSENCE celebrates the changemakers shaping a bold, Black future today during Black History Month. With our second annual “Black Futures Now” list, we’re honoring a select group of leaders ...

Civil rights group hosting drop-in gathering Saturday, July 12 in the Culpeper County Library large community room to ...

For Leclaire Elementary School second-grade teacher Sydney Layton, being honored with the NAACP Edwardsville chapter’s Teacher of the Year award is a sign that she’s right where she is supposed to be.

NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said the president is attacking democracy, and the NAACP doesn't want to give him a ...

NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced the organization will not invite Trump to their national convention.

Next month, the NAACP will host its national convention in Charlotte, but for the first time in its 116-year existence a ...

The Cotton Club Museum and Cultural Center welcomed a full house Thursday morning for its Juneteenth Breakfast and Black ...

Each June, communities across the United States gather to celebrate Juneteenth, a blend of "June" and "nineteenth”, as the ...

The day marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, to announce that ...

Selina and Howie Newton were first-time visitors at Marietta’s Juneteenth festival, but the anniversary of the official end ...

OAKLAND — The country was still six decades away from recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday when Barbara Lee first ...