NAACP Archives - Heart & Soul

RI-KARLO HANDY: CEO Sunwise Media : Founder & CEO of The Handy Foundation

April 30, 2026 admin 0

By Staff With more than 25 years spanning editing, producing, and show running, Ri-Karlo Handy has evolved into a leading force shaping both the business and future workforce of entertainment. As CEO of Sunwise Media and Founder & CEO of […]

This Earth Day, Humanity Is Failing Our “First Commandment”

April 20, 2026 admin 0

By Ben Jealous Look at the world around you. The sun rises on time. The seasons turn. A seed becomes a tree. A child grows into a person who can think and love and choose. Some people see all this […]

Rev. Jackson Lifted All of Us Higher

February 19, 2026 admin 0

By Ben Jealous One of the great strengths of our movement is that our leaders do more than inspire young people — they keep the door open for them. The leaders who carried forward the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther […]

The Nudge: Behavioral law-ways to influence decision-making

November 28, 2025 admin 0

By Randall K. Johnson This op-ed examines how individuals, groups and institutions could use previously ignored information to inform their decision-making. It does so by drawing on behavioral law and economics, which is the study of how people respond to […]

The Figures Who Helped Shape Vice President Harris

September 19, 2024 admin 0

By Ben Jealous When Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president in 2021, she swore her oath of office on two Bibles. One belonged to our nation’s first Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Marshall, the civil rights giant […]

Kamala Harris’s Chicago Convention and Illinois’ Unique Place in Civil Rights History

August 29, 2024 admin 0

By Ben Jealous The modern civil rights movement hit a new peak last week in Illinois. It marked the movement coming full circle, in a way, back to the state of its birth more than a century ago. Illinois is […]

Jocelyn Woodards Delegate To The Democratic National Convention 2024

August 7, 2024 admin 0

By Staff How did you begin your journey in politics? I grew up the eldest of 6 children raised by a single working mother on the West Side of Chicago in some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the city. My […]

NAACP Condemns Supreme Court Ruling on Affirmative Action

June 29, 2023 admin 0

By NAACP WASHINGTON – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued extreme decisions reversing decades of precedent on affirmative action. The court’s rulings in Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions Inc. […]

Reaffirming Solidarity Between Blacks and Jews in America

December 19, 2022 admin 0

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. I will not be silent on the issues of racial hatred, violence, and prejudice. I am speaking out publicly in support of the recent call by billionaire African American business leader and philanthropist, Robert […]

53RD NAACP IMAGE AWARDS Week: Watch all 5 Night’s of Awards Pre-Show

February 28, 2022 admin 0

The 53rd NAACP Image Awards, presented by the NAACP, honored outstanding representations and achievements of people of color in motion pictures, television, music, and literature during the 2021 calendar year. Watch the Five Nights of Awards Pre-Show of the 53rd […]

Black History Milestones: Timeline, Part 2 (1900 – 1964)

February 12, 2022 admin 0

By Black PR Wire Additional photo and video from BlackFacts.com Washington, Carver & Du Bois, 1900 As the 19th century came to an end and segregation took ever stronger hold in the South, many African Americans saw self-improvement, especially through […]

Three Urgent Steps to Defend Democracy from Cynics and Skeptics

July 4, 2021 admin 0

By Ben Jealous The far-right attack on voting rights is fierce. And the unwillingness of some Senate Democrats to challenge rules that allow a Republican minority to block voting rights bills is making some question whether we can turn back […]

Martin Luther King Jr. Day feels complicated this year

January 18, 2021 admin 0

We Cannot Not Lose Sight of the Historic Milestones By Ben Jealous Martin Luther King Jr. Day feels complicated this year.We have new reasons to celebrate. High on that list is the election of Rev. Raphael Warnock, pastor of Ebenezer […]

Beyoncè’s BeyGOOD and NAACP award grant to The Gift, a black‐ and women‐owned health & wellness company making hemp products in Maryland

December 5, 2020 admin 0

The gap in financing for black‐owned businesses is significant, add to that COVID and the challenges of banking for hemp companies. Beyonce and NAACP are stepping up where others won’t. Beltsville, MD, Dec. 1, 2020 – The Gift is pleased […]

Civil Rights Groups Escalate Fight Against High Prescription Drug Costs

December 2, 2020 admin 0

Sharpton Calls for 2021 to be ‘The Year of Black health equity’ By Hazel Trice Edney D. B. Wright, former head of a non-profit religious organization in Washington, D.C., was well taken care of by his leadership board. He enjoyed an employment […]

2010 Census Omitted 3.7 Million Blacks – Nearly Five Times Its Original ‘Undercount’ Claims

July 9, 2020 admin 0

Confusing and conflicting explanations provide few answers while raising numerous questions By Hazel Trice Edney–TriceEdneyWire.com A special report released by the National Urban League reveals that the U. S. Census Bureau omitted at least 3.7 million African-Americans from its 2010 count, […]