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Edward Helmore in New York

Harry and Meghan to receive civil rights award from NAACP

NAACP president Derrick Johnson said the couple had ‘heeded the call to social justice and have joined the struggle for equity both in the US and around the world’.
NAACP president Derrick Johnson said the couple had ‘heeded the call to social justice and have joined the struggle for equity both in the US and around the world’. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will on Saturday accept an award from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a leading US civil rights group, in recognition of their work to help a woman’s shelter in Texas, their promotion of Covid vaccine equity and a partnership to create community relief centers.

The NAACP president’s award is given each year in recognition of special achievement and distinguished public service. It has been won by Muhammad Ali, LeBron James, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Lauryn Hill, and political figures including the Rev Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice.

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