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Boston residents who fail to register by Wednesday will be unable to vote in next month’s preliminary mayoral election, as bills authorizing people to register and vote on election day remain under legislative review. Massachusetts lawmakers and voting rights activists for years have urged adoption of a so-called same-day registration bill, and while the idea has gained traction in...

Redistricting is taking place without previous federal protections, and voters of color could lose out even as Census data shows the U.S. is now more diverse.

A North Carolina sheriff says the deputy who shot and killed a man while serving a search warrant has been put on leave pending an investigation

Local advocates are calling for continued police accountability after Derek Chauvin was found guilty in the murder of George Floyd.

Eddie Murphy was inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame at the organization’s show that highlighted works by entertainers and athletes of color.

Critics of Georgia’s new Republican-backed election law have issued fresh calls to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses

Eddie Murphy will be inducted into the NAACP Image Awards Hall of Fame this month.

The NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund is launching a scholarship program to create a new generation of civil rights lawyers

As a barrier-breaking year draws to a close, one undeniable fact has emerged: the strength of Black political power

Joe Biden has been projected as the winner of the 2020 presidential election. NECN’s Sue O’Connell speaks with Tanisha Sullivan, NAACP Boston president, about the former vice president’s projected victory.

“Shark Tank” veteran Daymond John is hosting a live-streamed special aimed at bolstering Black entrepreneurship

Leader of the NAACP Derrick Johnson weighs in on the outcome of the Breonna Taylor case and calls for people to “vote like you’ve never voted before.”

The leader of a Vermont branch of the NAACP is selling her home over what she describes as months of racially motivated harassment targeting her and her children. Tabitha Moore, director of the Rutland Area chapter of NAACP, tells the Rutland Herald in a story published Friday she’s already found a buyer for her Wallingford home, but doesn’t know...

CBS Television and the NAACP have reached an agreement to develop content that tells stories of the African American experience

A civil rights activist, attorney and writer explain race relations, societal change and the political awakening happening in the United States following the tragic death of George Floyd. When it comes to race, “systemic problems have plagued the nation for not only decades, but for centuries,” says Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People....

Pleading through tears Monday, the family of a black man killed by Atlanta police outside a drive-thru demanded changes in the criminal justice system and called on protesters to refrain from violence amid heightened tensions across the U.S. three weeks after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. An autopsy found that 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot twice in the back...

Anger and frustration spilled into the streets of Atlanta over the weekend after another police shooting involving a Black man. Rayshard Brooks died from two shots to the back on Friday at a Wendy’s, in a case ruled as a homicide by city authorities.

Young people have been behind some key victories in the protest movement against police brutality, including that some schools are breaking security contracts with local police, said Tiffany Loftin, director of the NAACP Youth and College Division.

Jimmy Fallon dedicated Monday’s hour-long episode of “The Tonight Show” to addressing a recent blackface controversy and discussing race and racism as protests against the death of George Floyd continue across the country.

Jimmy Fallon talks about the ongoing protests against police violence and his use of blackface in a past “SNL” sketch before speaking with Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP.