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NAACP General Membership Meeting
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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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Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer rose from humble beginni

Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer rose from humble beginnings in the Mississippi Delta to become one of the most important, passionate, and powerful voices of the civil and voting rights movements and a leader in the efforts for greater economic opportunities for African Americans.
Original post: https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, October 6th, for our G

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

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Free bre

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Free breast cancer screenings this Wednesday from 10am-3pm at the Jackie Robinson YMCA. 151 YMCA Way, San Diego 92102.

In the summer of 1978, a trucking company began to

In the summer of 1978, a trucking company began to dump liquid contaminated with PCBs in 14 rural North Carolina counties at night. The state quickly responded by constructing a landfill to bury the toxic waste on land purchased from a Warren County farmer. Most people in the area drew drinking water from wells and the water table was only 10 feet below the surface. Warren County also had the highest percentage of African American residents in the state and was one of the poorest. Local civil rights activists and residents soon joined together with national groups like the NAACP and United Church of Christ to protest the landfill. The protesters believed that the landfill would undermine local economic development and heath, and that the community lacked the power to prevent hazardous waste facilities from being placed in their neighborhoods. The demonstrations soon gained national attention and the landfill site was eventually detoxified. The fight is now widely credited as the genesis of the environmental justice movement in America and signaled a change in the way the public thinks about environmental issues. #environmentaljustice #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

James Meredith was an Air Force Veteran studying a

James Meredith was an Air Force Veteran studying at the all-black Jackson State College from 1960 to 1962. During this time he applied repeatedly to Ole Miss without success. In 1961 Meredith, with the help of the NAACP, filed a lawsuit against Ole Miss, alleging racial discrimination. In September of 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Meredith’s favor. On September 30, 1962, riots erupted on the campus of the University of Mississippi where locals, students, and segregationists gathered to protest his enrollment. #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers #naacphistory

Herbert Lee owned a cotton and dairy farm in rural

Herbert Lee owned a cotton and dairy farm in rural Mississippi. He and his wife had raised nine children. Even under threats of violence, he was committed to civil rights and was a regular attendee at NAACP meetings. Further, as he had an automobile, Lee spent hours driving Bob Moses of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the local NAACP president from farm to farm to encourage Black voters to register. On September 25, 1961, Mississippi State Representative E.H. Hurst shot Lee in the head. Hurst claimed self-defense and was never arrested.
Original post: https://www.splcenter.org/herbert-lee #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers #naacphistory

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black st

The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine black students who enrolled at an all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Their attendance was a test of Brown v. Board of Education, a Supreme Court ruling that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Their first day of classes was to begin on September 4, 1957. Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to block the black students’ entry into the high school. Following a plea from Little Rock's mayor, Woodrow Mann, President Dwight Eisenhower sent in federal troops to escort the Little Rock Nine into the school. This drew national attention to the civil rights movement.
Original post: https://nmaahc.si.edu/blog-post/little-rock-nine #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Join us on Thursday, October 6th, for our General

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

On September 15th, 1963, a bomb planted by white s

On September 15th, 1963, a bomb planted by white supremacists ripped through Sixteenth Street Baptist Church killing #FourLittleGirls – Addie Mae Collins (14 years-old), Cynthia Wesley (14 years-old), Carole Robertson (14 years-old) and Denise McNair (11 years-old) – and injuring several others. The tragedy marked the third bombing in eleven days in Birmingham, Alabama. In the 1960’s, Birmingham was one of the most racially segregated cities in the country. State and local politics were dominated by the Ku Klux Klan, the city police commissioner, Eugene “Bull” Connor, who promoted violence against black communities and the Governor George Wallace, who was a staunch segregationist. These factors combined to heighten anti-black sentiment and create a particularly dangerous environment for African Americans. Racially motivated attacks on black homes and churches grew so common that the city was referred to as “Bombingham.”
Thanks to @NMAAHC #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Posted @withregram • @cahinaacp Happy Birthday t

Posted @withregram • @cahinaacp Happy Birthday to lifelong Civil Rights Activist @rubybridgesofficial
#ThisIsPower

On this day, 1739, enslaved people, led by an Ango

On this day, 1739, enslaved people, led by an Angolan named Jemmy, organized a rebellion on the banks of the Stono River. Known as the Stono Rebellion, it is the earliest known "slave revolt" in the colonies before the start of the American Revolution. Over sixty enslaved Africans set out in 1739 to demand their freedom on a South Carolina plantation. The group ended up killing at least twenty whites before they were intercepted by the South Carolina militia. Most of the rebels were eventually executed, but a few survivors were sold to the West Indies. In response, South Carolina passed the Negro Act of 1790 which restricted slave assembly, education, and movement. They also required approval for all statewide manumissions following the revolt.
Thanks to @NMAAHC #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, who was visiting

On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, who was visiting relatives, allegedly whistled at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman. Bryant’s husband and brother then abducted Emmett, brutally beat him, shot him in the head and dumped his body in a river. Emmett’s funeral was held on 9/6/1955. His mother wanted an open casket saying, “I think everybody needed to know what had happened to Emmett Till.” According to Lonnie Bunch, founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, “In order to come to grips with this tragedy, she saw Emmett as being crucified on the cross of racial injustice and she felt that in order for his life not to be in vain, that she needed to use that moment to illuminate all of the dark corners of America and help push America toward what we now call the Civil Rights Movement.” At the church, Emmett Till's mutilated body would be on display for all to see. Fifty thousand people in Chicago saw Emmett Till's corpse with their own eyes. Nurses were posted next to the casket. One in five had to be assisted out of the building in a fainting spell. As stated by Journalist Rose Jourdain, “Black people’s reaction was so visceral. Everybody knew we were under attack and that attack was symbolized by the attached on a 14-year-old boy.
Watch: https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-emmett-tills-funeral/ #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Please see the attached letter from the General Co

Please see the attached letter from the General Counsel from the NAACP responding to the recent letter of revocation some branches received from the IRS.

On this day, in 1838, Frederick Douglas escapes to

On this day, in 1838, Frederick Douglas escapes to freedom. He later went on to write "A narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave." It is generally held to be the most famous of a number of narratives written by former slaves during the same period. In factual detail, the text describes the events of his life and is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of literature to fuel the abolitionist movement of the early 19th century in the United States. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass encompasses eleven chapters that recount Douglass's life as a slave and his ambition to become a free man. #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Free resources! Join us at the upcoming Community

Free resources! Join us at the upcoming Community Health Fair on Wednesday, 9/7 from 10:00am-3:00pm at the Jackie Robinson YMCA.
• FREE Health Screenings: Blood pressure, Blood sugar, cholesterol, A1c, HIV, Hep-C,
• FREE breast exams and breast health education
• Medical consultation available to discuss your health and test results
• Health education and dietary education
• COVID vaccines for anyone 6 months and older
• COVID boosters for anyone 5 years and older
• 2nd COVID boosters for anyone 50 years and older
• FREE Rapid COVID test - results within 30 minutes
• Raffle prizes given every 30 minutes throughout the health fair
• Visit various vendors and be eligible to win prizes
• Numerous vendors with various resources
• FREE resources and food distribution
• SD Humane Society will be there to provide services for your fur babies for a small fee (exam, vaccines and microchip) - no appointment necessary
• San Diego Blood Bank will be there - please consider donating blood to save lives. Use this link to book an appointment: https://www.mysdbb.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/74405
Help SAVE LIVES! You can donate blood at the fair's blood drive! Every two seconds someone needs blood due to injuries or surgeries requiring blood transfusions. You, a friend or a loved one may require blood one day.

On this day, in 1773, Phillis Wheatley's poems are

On this day, in 1773, Phillis Wheatley's poems are published. #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, September 1st, for our

Join us tomorrow, Thursday, September 1st, for our General Membership Meeting.
6pm via Zoom: sandiegonaacp.org/zoom #naacp #naacpsandiego #meeting #sandiego #socal #california

On this day, in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes th

On this day, in 1967, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. While serving as the NAACP chief counsel Marshall distinguished himself as one of the country’s leading advocates for individual rights, winning 29 of the 32 cases he argued in front of the Supreme Court, all of which challenged in some way the ‘separate but equal’ doctrine that had been established by the landmark case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). The high-water mark of Marshall’s career as a litigator came in 1954 with his victory in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. In that case, Marshall argued that the ‘separate but equal’ principle was unconstitutional, and designed to keep Black people “as near [slavery] as possible.”
Thanks to www.history.com #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. deliv

On this day in 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Beginning with mention of the Emancipation Proclamation which declared millions of slaves free in 1863, King said "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free". Toward the end of the speech, King departed from his prepared speech prompted by Mahalia Jackson’s cry: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!" In this part of the speech, which has now become its most famous, King described his dreams of freedom and equality arising from a land of slavery and hatred. The speech has been described as having "a strong claim to be the greatest in the English language of all time".
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s #naacp #naacpsandiego #naacpsdremembers

Posted @withregram • @naacp Yesterday was an imp

Posted @withregram • @naacp Yesterday was an important step in the right direction. We are already looking to the next step to advocate for equitable relief for the millions of borrowers who are caught in the student debt crisis.
#CancelStudentDebt #thisispower

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