By: History.com EditorsAs the 20th century began, the promises of the 14th and 15th Amendments—civil rights for African Americans—had fallen well short. Reconstruction had failed, and...
The Brooklyn NAACP celebrated 100 years of “advancing the cause of Civil Rights & Social Justice” at an evening gala in Downtown Brooklyn Thursday, December 15,...
By Fern E. GillespieDo you have an idea about making your community better? The People’s Money, New York City’s first-ever citywide participatory budgeting process, is asking...
L. Joy Williams, President of the Brooklyn NAACP and Legislative Coordinator for the New York State NAACP Conference of Branches, is a highly sought-after political strategist,...
“ONE BOROUGH, ONE CITY, ONE DREAM” was the theme for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Brooklyn Branch, Fifth Annual Freedom Fund...