NAACP--Local , State and National


NAACP-----Amplify your voice for justice!  Did you know?
Your local NAACP is building new relationships! 
  • Discrimination incident form and Police abuse forms
  • Speaking and protesting at community events
  •  NYS Police Reform & Reinvention Collaborative
  • Providing notifications about COVID-19 and 2020Census
  • Handing out masks, gloves and food
  • Voting registration and awareness efforts
  • Cares about your health
  • Website for notifications

Your New York State Conference NAACP continues to protest and impact laws!

  • Worked with Governor Cuomo to craft NYS Police Reform & Reinvention Collaborative Executive Order #203
  • Worked for the successful repeal of 50A-A repeal of 50-a for much needed transparency on police misconduct and discipline in New York State, and help address the systemic lack of accountability for officers who engage in misconduct. The support of legislation to repeal 50-a is included in the New York State 2020 Legislative Agenda
  • Education Initiatives for funding schools continues
Your National NAACP:

  • Federal Advocacy

    Won DACA Supreme Court US June 2020 case to prevent President from ending program

  • Paycheck Protection Program:

    Paycheck Protection Program now extended through August 8, 2020

  • Renewed the demand to remove Confederate flag with Mississippi State-PASSED
  • Long intentional, determined Legal History. 

The President's Task Force On  21st Century Policing. May, 2015
With many community groups working together:  This final report lays the foundation for us : Building trust & legitimacy,Technology & Social Media, Community Policing & Crime Reduction, Training & Education, Officer Wellness & Safety

Brown v. Board of Education 1954 of Topeka, Kansas. In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court held that segregation in public education violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.


During the mid-1940s, in Smith v. Allwright, Marshall successfully challenged “white primaries,” which prevented African Americans from voting in several southern states.

Murray v. Maryland, (1936) which resulted in the desegregation of the University of Maryland’s Law School
        
Gaines v. Canada, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the admission of       a black student to the Law School at the University of Missouri (1938).

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