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NAACP Executive Committee
Thu, Aug 18, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

About the NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells. Please watch this short video for more information regarding our founding and click here for our local history.

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On this day, in 1908, the Springfield Massacre beg

On this day, in 1908, the Springfield Massacre began. African Americans were killed and their homes and businesses were burned to the ground from August 14th through August 16th. This began when, on August 14th, two black men sat in jail, charged with unrelated crimes — a rape and a murder, both against white people. (The rape accusation was later recanted.) A white mob gathered. To keep the men safe, police took them out of jail and on a train to one in a nearby town. Upon hearing this, the mob erupted in violence. Buildings were destroyed. People were injured. Two black men were lynched. This event was the catalyst for the forming of the NAACP. The NAACP commissioned Peoria artist Preston Jackson to create a sculpture commemorating the 100th year since the massacre. It sits directly across from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield’s downtown.
Watch: https://youtu.be/odHvbbjRfbQ #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers #naacphistory

On this day, in 1955, Lamar Smith, 63-year-old fa

On this day, in 1955, Lamar Smith, 63-year-old farmer and WWI veteran, was shot dead in cold blood on the crowded courthouse lawn in Brookhaven, Mississippi, for urging African Americans to vote. No one was prosecuted.
Thanks to https://www.zinnedproject.org/ #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

On this day, in 1965, Mae Bertha and Matthew Carte

On this day, in 1965, Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter were the first Black parents to enroll their children in the “all-white” schools of Sunflower County, Mississippi. The Carters were a sharecropping family on a cotton plantation outside of Drew when Mississippi, under threat of losing federal funds, came up with a “freedom of choice” plan to circumvent federal law. Families like the Carters could sign papers to send their children to all-white schools. The Carters were threatened with eviction, and found credit in local stores cut off and their home shattered by gunshots in the dark, forcing them to sleep on the floor in fear. For more information on the Carter family, there is "The Intolerable Burden" which is an Award-winning documentary about the Carter family’s struggle to desegregate Drew schools.
Thanks to https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/carter-family-school #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

FREE EVENT THIS SATURDAY! RSVP CLOSES TODAY AT 3PM

FREE EVENT THIS SATURDAY! RSVP CLOSES TODAY AT 3PM!
Join the NAACP San Diego branch for a backpack giveaway!
Saturday, August 13th from 10am-1pm.
Lemon Grove Rec Center, 3131 School Lane, Lemon Grove
Sponsored by @asmakilahweber, Dr. Akilah Weber, Assemblymember 79th District, @champions4health, and SD Protecting Against HPV. FREE HPV, Covid and DTap vaccines, school supplies and backpacks.
RSVP HERE by August 11th: https://buff.ly/3z7ioNW
Your RSVP does not guarantee a backpack.
Priority is for residents of the 79th Assembly District. Check your address here: https://buff.ly/37kwSzX
Priority pick up time for those who RSVP is 10am-11:00am.
If you do not RSVP, you will need to wait until 11:00am before joining the line to get a backpack. Children must be present to receive a backpack.
Registration closes at 3pm on August 11, 2022 or once they have received 1,000 registrants.
#NAACP #naacpsandiego #sandiego #school #education #resources #vaccines

Posted @withregram • @naacpyc_ When dance is lif

Posted @withregram • @naacpyc_ When dance is life for the #AmosBrownFellows #BlackJoy #harambee

On this day, in 1936, Jessie Owens wins his first

On this day, in 1936, Jessie Owens wins his first gold medal at the Berlin Olympics. He went on to win four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lifetime as perhaps the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. President Roosevelt never publicly acknowledged Owens’s triumphs—or the triumphs of any of the 18 African Americans who competed at the Berlin Olympics. Only white Olympians were invited to the White House in 1936. Most likely, Roosevelt did not want to risk losing the support of Southern Democrats by appearing overly soft on the race issue. The Black Olympians who competed in Berlin were not recognized by the White House until 2016 when Pres. Barack Obama invited the athletes’ relatives to an event in celebration of their lives and accomplishments. #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

On this day, in 1965, the Voting Rights Act was si

On this day, in 1965, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Its aim was to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. Much led up to this important event. For the timeline, go to https://www.history.com/news/voting-rights-timeline. #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

FREE EVENT! Join the NAACP San Diego branch for a

FREE EVENT!
Join the NAACP San Diego branch for a backpack giveaway!
Saturday, August 13th from 10am-1pm.
Lemon Grove Rec Center, 3131 School Lane, Lemon Grove
Sponsored by @asmakilahweber, Dr. Akilah Weber, Assemblymember 79th District, @champions4health, and SD Protecting Against HPV. FREE HPV, Covid and DTap vaccines, school supplies and backpacks.
RSVP HERE by August 11th: https://a79.asmdc.org/backpack_hpv
Your RSVP does not guarantee a backpack.
Priority is for residents of the 79th Assembly District. Check your address here: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
Priority pick up time for those who RSVP is 10am-11:00am.
If you do not RSVP, you will need to wait until 11:00am before joining the line to get a backpack. Children must be present to receive a backpack.
Registration closes at 3pm on August 11, 2022 or once they have received 1,000 registrants.
#NAACP #naacpsandiego #sandiego #school #education #resources #vaccines

Tomorrow at 6:00pm: Free and Important Townhall wi

Tomorrow at 6:00pm: Free and Important Townhall with the County's foremost medical experts. Monkeypox-Learn about this disease and what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones. There will be a presentation as well as a Q&A session. Presented by the NAACP San Diego Branch, the San Diego Urban League, San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, and San Diego Black Men & Women United.
Register here for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T98_WLCoTHKV2AcDxQfwyg
For more information go to sandiegonaacp.org/monkeypox-townhall

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, August 4th, for our Ge

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, August 4th, for our General Membership Meeting.
6pm via Zoom: sandiegonaacp.org/zoom #naacp #naacpsandiego #meeting #sandiego #socal #california

This Friday at 6:00pm: Free and Important Townhall

This Friday at 6:00pm: Free and Important Townhall with the County's foremost medical experts. Monkeypox-Learn about this disease and what you can do to protect yourself and your loved ones. There will be a presentation as well as a Q&A session. Presented by the NAACP San Diego Branch, the San Diego Urban League, San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, and San Diego Black Men & Women United.
Register here for the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_T98_WLCoTHKV2AcDxQfwyg
For more information go to sandiegonaacp.org/monkeypox-townhall

Posted @withregram • @cahinaacp Black-owned busi

Posted @withregram • @cahinaacp Black-owned businesses are critical to the prosperity of Black families and communities. This #nationalblackbusinessmonth we’re celebrating and supporting all of our entrepreneurs.
@naacp
#ThisIsPower
#BuyBlack

On this day, in 1924, James Baldwin is born. Amer

On this day, in 1924, James Baldwin is born. American essayist, novelist, and playwright whose passion on race in America made him an important voice. He grew up in Harlem. From age 14 to 16 he was active as a preacher in a small revivalist church, a period he wrote about in his semiautobiographical first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain. He moved to Paris and wrote his second novel, Giovanni’s Room, which deals with the white world and concerns an American in Paris torn between his love for a man and his love for a woman. Between the two novels came a collection of essays, Notes of a Native Son. In 1957 he returned to the United States and became an active participant in the civil rights struggle. His book of essays, Nobody Knows My Name, explores Black-white relations in the United States. This theme also was central to his novel Another Country, which examines sexual as well as racial issues. In its November 1962 issue, The New Yorker magazine published an article by Baldwin on the Black Muslim separatist movement and other aspects of the civil rights struggle. The article became a best seller in book form as The Fire Next Time. His bitter play about racist oppression, Blues for Mister Charlie was released in 1964. Baldwin continued writing until his death in hough Baldwin continued to write until his death, which came on December 1, 1987.
Thanks to https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-Baldwin #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Posted @withregram • @alstatenaacp Nichelle Nich

Posted @withregram • @alstatenaacp Nichelle Nichols or Chief Uhura in Star Trek, helped break ground on TV by showing a Black woman in a position of authority and who shared with co-star William Shatner one of the first interracial kisses on American prime-time television.
Bill Russell won 11 NBA titles, two NCAA championships and an Olympic gold medal during his career as the defensive force and the centerpiece of the Boston Celtics dynasty of the 1960s.
Two giants join the ancestors in Peace and Power.

On this day, in 1952, Sarah Keys refused to give u

On this day, in 1952, Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company, in which the Interstate Commerce Commission outlawed the segregation of Black passengers in buses traveling across state lines. This case, along with its companion train desegregation case, NAACP v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, represents a milestone in the legal battle for civil rights. The November 1955 ruling, publicly announced six days before Rosa Parks' historic defiance of state Jim Crow laws on Montgomery buses, applied the United States Supreme Court's logic in Brown v. Board of Education for the first time to the field of interstate transportation, and closed the legal loophole that private bus companies had long exploited to impose their own Jim Crow regulations on black interstate travelers.
Thanks to https://www.zinnedproject.org/ #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Posted @withregram • @darienchildrenslibrary Dur

Posted @withregram • @darienchildrenslibrary During the month of February, celebrate black excellence with our Craft & Learn bags, inspired by some of the incredible artists, inventors, dreamers, and pioneers in the Black community.
This weeks is Charles Henry Turner! Born in Ohio, Turner was an American scientist and early pioneer in the field of insect behavior like honeybees.
Turner's research was special because he believed insects' behavior could be changed through learning and memory, while many scientists of the time believed that animals were only reacting to external stimuli such as touch, vision, smell, taste, and sound.
Tap link in bio to check out Little Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History to learn more!

Posted @withregram • @pearlsandpoliticspodcast G

Posted @withregram • @pearlsandpoliticspodcast Good morning and thank you, NAACP for the new Little Miss Political Pearls!!! 😂 We are Reclaiming Our Time, advocating for the Cancellation of Student Debt👩🏽‍🎓 👨🏽‍🎓🧑‍🎓, and Saving Democracy 🦸🏽‍♀️ one action, one word, one step, one day at a time!!!💪🏽💪🏾💪🏿
#pearls #politics #podcast #womenempowerment #womensupportingwomen #community #building #Spotify #RadioPublic #stitcher #audible #apple #iHeartRadio #googlepodcasts #youtube #LadyPodSquad #podcaster #linktree #hustlehard #NAACP #naacp

On this day, in 1866, the Buffalo Soldiers were fo

On this day, in 1866, the Buffalo Soldiers were founded. They served among the first national park rangers. These brave men also participated in significant military actions.
Thanks to https://nmaahc.si.edu/buffalo-soldiers #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

On this day, in 1917, the Silent Protest Parade to

On this day, in 1917, the Silent Protest Parade took place on Fifth Avenue in New York City. It was one of the first major mass demonstrations by African Americans. Organized by the NAACP with church and community leaders, the protest parade united an estimated 10,000 African Americans, silently carrying banners condemning racist violence and racial discrimination. They gave powerful witness in the wake of brutal episodes of mass anti-Black violence in the city of East St. Louis, where between 50 and 200 African Americans were murdered and 6,000 were left homeless by arson attacks. The marchers indicted the U.S. and President Woodrow Wilson, who had just pledged to make the world safe for democracy.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcU_no9_6L0&list=PPSV #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers #naacphistory

FREE EVENT! Join the NAACP San Diego branch for a

FREE EVENT!
Join the NAACP San Diego branch for a backpack giveaway!
Saturday, August 13th from 10am-1pm.
Lemon Grove Rec Center, 3131 School Lane, Lemon Grove
Sponsored by @asmakilahweber, Dr. Akilah Weber, Assemblymember 79th District, @champions4health, and SD Protecting Against HPV. FREE HPV, Covid and DTap vaccines, school supplies and backpacks.
RSVP HERE by August 11th: https://a79.asmdc.org/backpack_hpv
Your RSVP does not guarantee a backpack.
Priority is for residents of the 79th Assembly District. Check your address here: https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
Priority pick up time for those who RSVP is 10am-11:00am.
If you do not RSVP, you will need to wait until 11:00am before joining the line to get a backpack. Children must be present to receive a backpack.
Registration closes at 3pm on August 11, 2022 or once they have received 1,000 registrants.
#NAACP #naacpsandiego #sandiego #school #education #resources #vaccines

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