2013/05/17 — The National NAACP Board of Directors, which is holding its meeting in Jackson this week to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Civil Rights legend Medgar Wiley Evers, got a tour of some of the city’s historic sites that played pivotal roles in the eradication of Jim Crow laws. Members hopped… Read more
2013/05/17 – The NAACP will hold their Annual Meeting in Jackson for the first time in 30 years, we talk with NAACP National President, Ben Jealous. Listen to the Full Interview: Source: MPB online
2013/05/16 — Nearly 50 years ago, a young up-and-coming civil rights leader, husband and father in Jackson, Miss., was shot and killed outside of his home. Today, Medgar Evers’ window, Myrlie Evers-WIlliams, NAACP CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock laid a wreath at the home of Medgar Evers in honor of the… Read more
2013/05/16 — The national board of the NAACP is meeting in Mississippi’s capital city for the first time in 30 years. The conference started Wednesday night and goes through Saturday. It includes a wreath-laying ceremony and a gospel concert to remember Medgar Evers. The Mississippi NAACP field secretary was assassinated 50 years ago outside his… Read more
2013/05/16 — NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group’s former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home. NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock helped Evers’ widow lay a wreath of yellow and white flowers Thursday at the… Read more
2013/05/16 — The story of Medgar Evers’ assassination 50 years ago is well-known—particularly to people in Jackson, where the murder took place—but there’s something about hearing his widow, Myrlie, recount the night of June 12, 1963. “They knew the sound of the motor,” Myrlie Evers-Williams said of their children, speaking this morning outside her former… Read more
2013/05/16 — The national board of the NAACP is meeting in Mississippi’s capital city for the first time in 30 years. The conference started Wednesday night and goes through Saturday. It includes a wreath-laying ceremony and a gospel concert to remember Medgar Evers. The Mississippi NAACP field secretary was assassinated 50 years ago outside his family… Read more
2013/05/16 — Myrlie Evers-Williams proudly pronounced that she was “back in Mississippi” May 16 at the podium in front of her old Guynes Street home. After years living outside the state, Evers-Williams joined the National Board of the NAACP that day in celebrating the life of her husband Medgar Wiley Evers, an NAACP field secretary,… Read more
2013/05/16 — The National Board of the NAACP will be meeting in Jackson, MS for the first time in several decades to commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Medgar Evers. A Press Conference will be held today at the former home of Medgar Evers by Myrlie Evers-Williams; Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP National… Read more
2013/05/14 – The Mississippi State Conference NAACP is proud to announce that the National NAACP Board of Directors will be holding its meeting in Jackson to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers. “The National NAACP board hasn’t held a meeting here in Jackson for 30 years,” said former Supreme Court Justice Fred… Read more
2013/04/02 – Hinds County this fall will use a digital voting system in which residents mark a paper ballot, but officials say that’s not a step backward. The optical scanner machines made by Omaha-based Election Systems and Software, used by the state’s 81 other counties, will replace Hinds County’s decade-old, touch-screen system. County leaders say it… Read more
2013/01/21 – Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama was sworn in for four more years Sunday in a simple ceremony at the White House, embarking on a second-term quest to restore a still-shaky economy and combat terrorists overseas while swearing an age-old oath to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution. “I did it,” a smiling president… Read more
2013/01/21 – Washington, D.C. Fifty years after civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers was murdered, his widow says she’s proud to continue his work and honor his legacy by giving the invocation at President Obama’s second inauguration. “I’m just so appreciative, so thankful,” Myrlie Evers-Williams said on PoliticsNation. “I never imagined that this would happen in my… Read more
January 21, 2013 will mark the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday. This milestone is a perfect opportunity for Americans to honor Dr. King’s legacy through service. The MLK Day of Service empowers individuals, strengthens communities, bridges barriers, creates solutions to social problems, and moves us closer to Dr. King’s vision of a… Read more
2012/11/07 — I worked The Protect the Vote effort yesterday [Nov. 6, 2012] in Mississippi. Although I knew that voting mattered, I was amazed at the efforts undertaken to keep people from voting – voters’ names missing from the voters rolls, candidates’ names including the President of the United States missing from ballots, inadequate number of machines, malfunctioning… Read more
2012/11/06 — (Jackson, MS) Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced at a press conference Tuesday morning that an unknown number of voter registrations have gone missing in Hinds County, Mississippi, and urged voters to cast what is known as an affidavit ballot if they arrive at the polls and find that they are not listed. According… Read more
2012/11/06 – (Jackson, MS) The NAACP Protect The Vote Watch Party will be stomping through the walls of the COFO building on Lynch Street at 7 p.m. The party marks the end of months of registering voters, organizing get-out-the-vote efforts, and monitoring problems at the polls. Altogether, the NAACP’s Protect The Vote project logged more than 430… Read more
2012/11/06 — (Jackson, MS) Five large boxes containing thousands of valid voter registration forms are piled in a corner of the Hinds County Circuit Clerk’s office. Marked “Need to be scanned,” the pile of paperwork provides some answers to questions about in-limbo voter registration forms that arose yesterday. During a Nov. 5 news conference, Mississippi… Read more
2012/11/06 – (Jackson, MS) The Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance and the Mississippi NAACP report that election commissioners in two counties may have lost or failed to fully process a combined total of 10,300 voter registration applications. Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance President Bill Chandler told the NAACP today that the Scott County Circuit Clerk’s office has yet… Read more
2012/11/06 — (Jackson, MS) NAACP-trained poll witnesses around the state are reporting upbeat attitudes at voting places throughout the region despite a few snafus, missteps, and general breakdowns. Sharkey County’s Precinct 5 hit an embarrassing bump this morning when witnesses reported the building’s sprinkler system going off and dousing the floor with water. Voters reported problems… Read more
2013/ 05/15 — Correction: In an earlier version of this story, the lead was not clear as to what former MDE employee Ken Thompson changed. He did not change actual school ratings but only data that was used in the formula to determine the ratings. Former Dept. of Education employee stands by his decisions |… Read more
2013/05/16 — Myrlie Evers-Williams proudly pronounced that she was “back in Mississippi” May 16 at the podium in front of her old Guynes Street home. After years living outside the state, Evers-Williams joined the National Board of the NAACP that day in celebrating the life of her husband Medgar Wiley Evers, an NAACP field secretary,… Read more
2013/05/16 — The National Board of the NAACP will be meeting in Jackson, MS for the first time in several decades to commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Medgar Evers. A Press Conference will be held today at the former home of Medgar Evers by Myrlie Evers-Williams; Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP National… Read more
2013/05/14 – The Mississippi State Conference NAACP is proud to announce that the National NAACP Board of Directors will be holding its meeting in Jackson to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers. “The National NAACP board hasn’t held a meeting here in Jackson for 30 years,” said former Supreme Court Justice Fred… Read more
2013/05/07 — Manning was to be put to death Tuesday…The Mississippi Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Tuesday for Willie Jerome Manning hours before he was scheduled to be put to death. Manning’s execution was set for 6 p.m. for the 1992 slayings of two college students. Manning’s lawyer said in a court filing… Read more
2013/05/06 — Four years ago, voters in Meridian almost elected their first black mayor, but Democratic challenger Percy Bland lost that race to Republican Cheri Barry by less than 120 votes. The race will again be close this year, and some voters are suspicious that officials are breaking the law to make sure Bland remains… Read more
2013/05/01 — When Gulfport resident Kathy Egland saw her most recent Mississippi Power Company electricity bill, she was furious—furious and puzzled. “I spent the last 15 months enjoying the benefits of an energy audit, which showed me how to decrease the cost of my bill,” Egland said. “We were determined to get our bill down… Read more
2013/04/29 — Ninety four year old Betsy Ann Eichelberger, the oldest member of the Winston County Branch NAACP, attended the branch’s 33rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet and was honored with an interview by Mark McMillan, Director of the Economic Development & Community Partnerships, of the Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, which is… Read more
2013/04/28 – Improving public education is a major issue in Mississippi, and some residents are working this weekend to do just that. Students, school administrators and education advocates from all over the state attended the Opportunity to Learn Conference in Jackson. Some of the topics discussed include the importance of hiring quality teachers, parental involvement in… Read more
2013/04/23 - Mississippi social observers fear that the repeated incidence of vehicular murder in the state suggests a dangerous rift expanding between blacks and whites in the region. “There has always been a gap between blacks and whites, and it’s not going away as fast as it should be, despite all our social progress,” said Civil… Read more
May 16-18, 2013
National NAACP Board Meeting (Location: Marriott Hotel, Downtown Jackson, MS)
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May 17, 2013
Gospel Gala Welcomes the National NAACP Board of Directors (Location: M.W. Stringer Lodge)View Details
June 15, 2013
State Conference Executive Meeting Dates (Location: Masonic Temple Cafeteria)
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June 29, 2013
40th Anniversary Celebration of the Mississippi Central State Troopers Coalition (Location: Masonic Temple Auditorium)
July 11-13, 2013
National ACT-SO Competition (Orlando, FL)
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July 13-17, 2013
104th Annual NAACP National Competition (Orlando, FL)
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August 17, 2013
State Conference Executive Meeting Dates (Location: Masonic Temple Cafeteria)
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September 21, 2013
State Conference Executive Meeting Dates (Location: Masonic Temple Cafeteria)
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October 19, 2013
State Conference Executive Meeting Dates (Location: Masonic Temple Cafeteria)
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November 2013
Leadership 2013: Mississippi Black Leadership Summit
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November 7-9, 2013
The 68th Annual State Convention and Policy Institue (Jackson, MS)
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