Donald Trump's plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has nothing to do with saving taxpayer dollars.

“Doc” Jones, as he was affectionately called, founded the local branch of the NAACP in 1947, when he came home from the Navy. The ship he served on had been torpedoed, but his life was spare ...

The NAACP stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This group is an American civil rights organization formed back in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance ...

The Beaumont branch of the NAACP has a long-standing history in Southeast Texas and continues to stand up for those who need it even today. Former Beaumont NAACP President Shedrick Evans said the ...

Race relations are just one of the many reasons the NAACP was founded more than 100 years ago, in February 1909. Now, there are more than 2,000 units across the country, ranging from local ...

The 98-year-old was most known for his hard work with the Nashville chapter of the NAACP, touching lives and making history ...

Dr. Charles Kimbrough — a civil rights activist, former president of the Nashville branch of the NAACP, Korean war veteran, ...

Hazel Dukes, the president of the New York State chapter of the NAACP and lifelong civil rights advocate, died Saturday at the age of 92. Dukes peacefully passed away in her New York City home ...

BET was founded in 1980 by Bob and Shelia Johnson ... with the Altadena Community Preservation Fund in partnership with NAACP, WME & JSSK. “The Founders Award honors those who dare to dream ...

Hazel Dukes, a prominent civil rights advocate and president of the NAACP New York State Conference, died Saturday. She was 92. Dukes died peacefully at her home in New York City surrounded by ...