[“2020 Virtual March on Washington”]
Derrick Johnson: “Our 2020 Virtual March on Washington is about asking everyone — from protesters in the streets to elected officials at all levels of government — to commit to pursuing a new agenda that prioritizes equity, justice, and equal opportunity…”
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NAACP’S Legal Defense Fund Mourns Loss of John Lewis
[John Lewis\NAACP\LDF]
Sherrilyn Ifill: “I don’t know of another leader in this country with the moral standing of Rep. John Lewis.”
Lisa Cylar Barrett: “The passing of Representative Lewis leaves a void in our country and in our halls of government.”
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NAACP: Zuckerberg Isn’t Addressing White Supremacy on Facebook
[Facebook\WhiteSupremacy]
NAACP: “Mark Zuckerberg, you aren’t breaking things, you are breaking people. With a stroke of a pen, you could make Facebook better for your users, your advertisers, and society.”
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NAACP: We Support the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act”
[George Floyd Justice in Policing Act]
NAACP: “While the enactment of the ‘George Floyd Justice in Policing Act’ is not going to solve all of our problems, it is a necessary first step to end brutality and save American lives.”
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NAACP CONDEMNS MINNEAPOLIS POLICE FOR “STATE-SANCTIONED MURDER” OF GEORGE FLOYD
[NAACP\George Chauvin]
Minneapolis NAACP’s Leslie Remond: “The cruel display of the state-sanctioned murder that took place in Minneapolis is yet another repugnant show of violence by the police.”
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NEW POLL REVEALS COVID-19’S IMPACTS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES
[COVID-19 Poll]
Henry Fernandez: “This poll is both sad and empowering. It demonstrates how devastating economically and personally the pandemic has been on African-American families and how little trust they have in the federal government and President Trump.”
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BREONNA TAYLOR’S KILLING BY POLICE SHOULD BE INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATED
[Breonna Taylor\Racial Policing]
LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill: “Breonna Taylor was entitled to be treated as a hero. Instead, her life was taken from her in a killing that warrants the close scrutiny of an independent, transparent investigation.”
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NATIONAL RIGHTS GROUPS CALL FOR PAUSE IN JUDICIAL CONFIRMATIONS PROCESS DURING COVID-19
[COVID-19\Judicial Confirmations]
NAACP’s Derrick Johnson: “The Senate’s move to advance Trump’s judicial nominations in the middle of a deadly pandemic will go down in history as an indefensible dereliction of duty.”
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NAACP: MINORITIES FACE DISENFRANCHISEMENT IF IN-PERSON VOTING ISN’T PRESERVED
[NAACP\CAP\2020 Elections]
Expanding opportunities to vote by mail is a critical, commonsense step that states should prioritize in order to help protect the health…Unfortunately, some officials have coupled this call with efforts to reduce or even eliminate in-person polling places.
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NAACP CONDEMNS TREASURY DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING TRUMP’S NAME ON STIMULUS CHECKS
[NAACP\COVID-19 Stimulus Checks]
NAACP: “The NAACP condemns this unprecedented and brazenly political action of the Treasury Department…This is only the latest example of this administration’s neglect and incompetence when it comes to appropriate preparation for this pandemic.”
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