Cincy

Tired of not getting enough quicker answers or their electricity turned back on, dozens of tenants from an Avondale apartment complex on Harvey Avenue staged a protest yesterday evening as a result of the rough week they’ve endured. Residents of the surrounding neighborhoods as well as representatives from the Legal Aid Society, Greater Cincinnati Coalition […]

Cincy

Via:bossip.com Jay-Z was not a happy camper after this year’s NAACP Awards which took place in LA last night. Jay-Z was nominated for five NAACP awards last night and didn’t receive one. Losing to artists such as Mary J Blige for Outstanding Album Of The Year, many Hov stans feel it was unfair and that […]

The NAACP elected a health care executive as its youngest board chairman Saturday, continuing a youth movement for the nation’s oldest civil rights organization.  Roslyn M. Brock, 44, was chosen to succeed Julian Bond. She had been vice chairman since 2001 and a member of the NAACP for 25 years. Brock works for Bon Secours Health Systems in Maryland as vice president […]

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NAACP Elects Roslyn M. Brock To Chair Board Of Directors NEW YORK, NY – The NAACP named Roslyn Brock as Chair of the Board of Directors at its Annual Board Meeting on February 20 at the New York Hilton.

VIA:  NAACP.Org The NAACP was formed partly in response to the continuing horrific practice of lynching and the 1908 race riot in Springfield, the capital of Illinois and resting place of President Abraham Lincoln. Appalled at the violence that was committed against blacks, a group of white liberals that included Mary White Ovington and Oswald […]