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The NAACP Joins in Celebration of Pam Grier Receiving the King Vidor Award at the SLO Film Festival
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival honored film legend and 1970s cinema icon Pam Grier as this year’s 24th Annual King Vidor Award honoree. Grier, the first African American…
Special Showing at SLO Film Festival—Counter Histories: Rock Hill
The NAACP and Unity of San Luis Obispo were honored to sponsor Frederick Taylor’s Counter Histories: Rock Hill at the San Luis Obispo Film Festival, Rock Hill, North Carolina, became…
NAACP SLO County Voter Registration Drive at Paso Robles High School
On March 14, Doris Diel and Marie Glavin from North County, conducted a voter registration drive at Paso Robles High School. It was an exciting day with many students registering…
Health Reminder From Your NAACP SLO County Branch
The NAACP by-laws state that we shall: Work to promote, protect and maintain the health of (African) Americans. Assess the health needs of the community. Advocate for equal access to…
Annual Reenactment of the Selma Civil Rights March to Exercise Voting Rights
A Tribune article dated March 6, 2017, reported that thousands converged this year in the City of Selma for the annual reenactment of the 1965 march across the bridge over…
Report: California/Hawaii State NAACP Convention 2017, Los Angeles
Several members of the NAACP San Luis Obispo County branch attended the practical and inspiring California/Hawaii State NAACP Conference in Los Angeles October 26-29, 2017. The theme for this 30th…
NAACP Statement on Trump Attacks Against Congresswoman Frederica Wilson
NAACP STATEMENT ON TRUMP ATTACKS AGAINST CONGRESSWOMAN FREDERICA WILSON The NAACP, the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, is appalled by the Trump administration’s treatment of Congressional Black Caucus member and…
Travel Advisory for American Airlines from NAACP National
The NAACP has for several months been monitoring a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines. In light of these confrontations, the NAACP issued a…
Immigration Principles: NAACP National Statement
BALTIMORE (October 9, 2017) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America’s oldest social justice organization, released the following statement in response to the immigration principles proposed…