The Latest Breaking News from NAACP

In December 1989, Robert Vance was with his wife in the kitchen of their Alabama home. As he opened a nondescript package addressed to him, the pipe bomb inside exploded, expelling nails with such force that it killed him almost instantly. His wife was grievously injured. At the time of…

President had campaigned on promise of loan forgiveness of up to $10,000 for those struggling with student debt

Nichelle Nichols, who played the communications officer on the Starship Enterprise on “Star Trek” and famously participated in what was thought to be the first interracial kiss on television, has died.

A lawyer says a civil rights advocate and former president of the North Carolina branch of the NAACP has been found dead

An attorney for Jayland Walker's family has joined the NAACP in asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate his death

Speaking to hundreds of civil rights activists gathered in Atlantic City, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday framed the November midterm elections as an existential fight for liberty and progress, saying “extremist so-called leaders (are) attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms.”

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Jersey Shore on Monday, speaking at the NAACP’s national convention in Atlantic City.

The 25-year-old Black man who died last month at the hands of police in Akron, Ohio, was shot dozens of times, with 26 bullets recovered from his body, according to a preliminary autopsy report.

Police in Akron, Ohio shot the unarmed Black man 46 times, causing ‘devastating injuries’, medical examiner says.