Sep 09 NAACP president steps down with plans to start PAC for minority candidates National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous announced Sunday he plans to resign from his position at one of the country's oldest and largest civil rights organizations. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch Justice Department Reviews Possibility of Civil Rights Case Against Zimmerman Justice Department Reviews Possibility of Civil Rights Case Against Zimmerman… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch Can Congress Design a Successor to Struck-Down Provision of Voting Rights Act? Can Congress Design a Successor to Struck-Down Provision of Voting Rights Act?… Continue watching
Jun 05 Watch Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front Honoring Civil Rights Hero Medgar Evers, Warrior for U.S. on More Than One Front… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant? Is Discrimination History Provision of Voting Rights Act Still Relevant?… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch Shields, Gerson on NAACP Speech, Olympics Uniforms and the Outsourcing Debate Shields, Gerson on NAACP Speech, Olympics Uniforms and the Outsourcing Debate… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch Troy Davis Case in Georgia Rekindles Debate Over Death Penalty A parole board in Georgia has rejected clemency for inmate Troy Davis, who is slated to be executed Wednesday. Uproar over the case has revived questions about how the death penalty is applied. Gwen Ifill talks to The Heritage Foundation's… Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch NAACP Report Says Shift in Funding Toward Prisons ‘Failing Us’ A new report shows states are devoting larger portions of their budgets to prisons. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch On 100th Anniversary, NAACP Looks to Future of Civil Rights President Obama spoke Thursday at the 100th anniversary of the NAACP. Gwen Ifill traveled to New York to speak with the leader and two activists from the organization about its changing role. Continue watching
Jul 17 At NAACP Centennial, Obama Speaks of Struggle By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama delivered a rousing speech Thursday to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, paying tribute to the organization's history and challenging its members to confront continued racial disparities. Continue reading