Alabama NAACP
@AlabamaNAACP
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The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred.
Alabama, USA
Joined August 2012
As the legislatures pushes forward with the current session we are preparing a legislative update. The AL #NAACP Connects Advocacy to Policy: #Education #EconDev #Health #Environment #JusticeReform #Media. Which issues would you like to hear more about in our update? #alpolitics
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Rep. John Lewis, the longtime Georgia congressman and Civil Rights icon who was a protegé of Martin Luther King Jr., has died, the Associated Press reports
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Rep. John Lewis, the longtime Georgia congressman and Civil Rights icon who was a protegé of Martin Luther King Jr., has died, the Associated Press reports
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CALL TO ACTION to #SaveOurShops - TAG AND CALL YOUR SHOPS AND SALONS ASAP! State launches #ReviveAlabama program granting $100M to #SmallBiz suffering amid pandemic through @AlabamaRevenue
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The grant program will dole out up to $15,000 each to small businesses to pay for expenses incurred because of COVID-19, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Wednesday.
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Thank you for helping to #SaveOurShops @NAACP @Beyonce and @BeyGOOD. Let us know when you open applications for Alabama! CALLING Houston, Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis #SmallBiz owners!
BeyGOOD announces The Black-Owned Small Business Impact Fund, administered by @NAACP assisting small business negatively impacted by recent events. https://t.co/cXwNUDOl7A
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To help our fellow citizens, we've created graphics for our businesses & stores to download for free that can be printed & displayed in a window letting the public know you require a mask. These graphics are available at https://t.co/t6Gw8aKOz0!
#TogetherAL #alpolitics 4/5
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If you are a business or #SmallBiz owner has your business applied for and received any type of recovery stimulus grant?
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Please use this anonymous form to assist Rep. Hall's office in assessing community needs for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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On this final day of #Kwanzaa and the first day of a new decade, we move forward in faith and continue the the fight for justice, equality and equity for our people. #HappyNewYear2020 #Imani #
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These crusaders gathered in Jamestown, VA with the @NAACP to commemorate #1619Project. Many of them will continue the journey to Ghana 🇬🇭 this week. #Jamestown2Jamestown
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"We're here to recognize the 400th year since the transatlantic slave trade. It's important to note that we are recognizing it, not celebrating. You don't celebrate a tragedy. And we cannot forget what that tragedy's impact has had on our world." @DerrickNAACP #NAACPinGhana
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NAACP Rally For Unity; Against Hate And Divisiveness: Join The @alabamanaacp, @GreaterBhmMin, @blklivesmatter, @liftourvote, @ALimmigrant, @blackvotersmtr, SOS, @LULAC and other coalition partners. https://t.co/18pEJWmp66
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Participants Find Solace in Ancestral Tribute During the First Day of the #Jamestown2Jamestown Journey
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Alabama - Have you joined the @NAACP yet? Check us out and start your membership! #CivilRights #Equality #NAACP
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Over 200 NAACP members gather in Jamestown for ceremonial start of journey through the past. #NAACPinGhana.
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JAMESTOWN, Va. (WAVY) — Hundreds of NAACP members and citizens gathered at Historic Jamestown on Sunday for a commemorative ceremony. The ceremony highlighted the 400-year anniversary of the …
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Live from our Jamestown 2 Jamestown journey in VA: The NAACP will lead the largest delegation to Ghana from the year of return. #naacpinjamestown
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Our hearts are heavy as we remember Alabama native, Nancy Parker - Remembering Nancy Parker: Devoted journalist, loving wife and mother
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Nancy Parker was a storyteller, friend, wife and mother.
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We are with @ChikesiaClemons
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Chikesia Clemons, who was seen being arrested at the Saraland Waffle House in a viral video, is expected in court Monday to begin a jury trial.
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We haven't forgotten you Kaep - #ImWithKap - Reid rips Jay-Z over Kap remarks, deal with NFL. What are your thoughts on this evolving #SocialJustice story that brought us all to our knees?
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Panthers safety Eric Reid continued to be critical of Jay-Z on Friday, saying it was "asinine" of him to say "we've moved past kneeling" and calling his partnership with the NFL a "money move."
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A new law introduced by Governor Cuomo in New York would give a domestic-terrorism label to #WhiteSupremacistTerrorism and would allow “hate-fueled mass killings” to be treated like other forms of terrorism.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to impart a domestic-terrorism label on mass shootings by white supremacists is earning accolades from political and activist leaders.
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The United States Constitution is crystal clear that every person residing in this country at the time of the decennial census — regardless of legal status - States oppose Alabama's effort exclude migrants in Census
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New York, California and other states have asked to intervene against Alabama's lawsuit.
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As we prepare for our journey from Jamestown, VA to Jamestown, Ghana we reflect on the dark history that brought our ancestors to this country.
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