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NAACP blasts court refusal to halt voter restrictions in North Carolina

August 11, 2014 By Special to People’s World

A federal judge denied attempts by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his administration to have the NAACP's legal challenge to the massive voter suppression law dismissed.

NAACP: “Our agenda is essential” for democracy

July 25, 2014 By Chauncey K. Robinson

The nation's oldest, largest, and most widely known civil rights organization convened to address the need to push back against voter suppression and other significant topics.

Kellogg’s lockout of bakery workers headed for court

July 25, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

The NLRB seeks a court injunction ordering Kellogg's to take the workers back and bargain in good faith with their BCTGM, locked out last Oct.

Convergence in Jacksonville to call for Marissa Alexander’s freedom

July 18, 2014 By Aleta Alston-Toure

Regional and national activists will come together to support domestic violence survivor Marissa Alexander and strengthen opposition to mandatory minimum sentencing.

“Death Blow to Jim Crow” comes highly recommended

July 15, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

At its peak, the National Negro Congress (NNC) included over 3,000 civic, religious, fraternal, labor and community organizations representing millions people.