NC NAACP NEWS RELEASE FROM THE 101ST NATIONAL NAACP CONVENTION

Immediate Release

13 July 2010

Contact: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, naacpbarber@gmail.com, 919-394-8137

Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Exec Dir, 336-327-7848

STATE NAACP PRESIDENT WINS NATIONAL NAACP AWARD

(Kansas City, MO)  Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC State Conference of the NAACP received the Kelly M. Alexander State Conference President Award at the 101st National NAACP Convention in Kansas City, Missouri.  Upon receiving this award, Rev. Barber thanked the members of the Historic Thousands on Jones Street Coalition, www.hkonj.com, and both the adult and youth membership and volunteer leadership of NC NAACP.  "I was born two days after the 1963 March on Washington and grew up in the NAACP in the Washington County Branch under the guidance of (the late) Kelly Alexander, Sr. and Carolyn Q. Coleman." Rev. Barber said.  He continued, "My mother and father always taught me that I owe.  You owe God for life and you owe those who came before you to insure opportunities, as well as those yet to come whose lives will be impacted by your living.  The way you pay is by serving the cause of justice and equality…   And I know that I owe this award to the hard work of the branches and youth units of the NC State Conference of the NAACP and to the 93-member HK on J Coalition."

Kelly M. Alexander, Sr. served on the National Board of Directors of the NAACP and was elected in 1984 as board chairman.   Alexander, Sr. also served as the President of the NC State Conference developing the largest state conference in the nation from 1948 until 1984.  This award is given to the NAACP state president who demonstrates leadership in several categories:  membership, program, fundraising, growth of branches, youth & college leadership and leadership.

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Amina Josey Turner
Exec Dir
NC NAACP
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Durham, NC  27702
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NAACP Letter To Wake School Board

The letter sent to the Wake County School Board from the NAACP, requesting time with the board in January. (Read more @ NBC17)

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NAACP

2009 Annual Lamplighter Awards

EXCITING NEWS

2009 Annual Lamplighter Awards

Congratulations!!!!!!!

Our State Conference President, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, is a finalist for the 2009 Lamplighter Awards. The recipients will be announced on Dec. 12, 2009. The Lamplighter Awards program is a semi-formal event and will be held on:

Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009

6:30 PM

Progress Energy Center Meymandi Concert Hall

Raleigh, North Carolina

Tickets are still available and can be purchased on line or at any Ticket Master Location.

For more information please go to:

www.lamplighterawards.com or

Call Greenleaf Christian Church at (919) 735-9059

NC NAACP State Conference of Branches To File Federal Title VI Complaint Against Wayne County Public Schools

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

NORTH CAROLINA STATE CONFERENCE

114 W. Parrish Street, Second Floor * Durham, North Carolina 27701

866-626-2227   *    919-682-4700   *   FAX  919-682-4711

www.naacpnc.org www.ncprosecutorialmisconduct.com www.hkonj.com

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II  President     Amina J. Turner Executive Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

30 NOVEMBER 2009

Contact:  Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President, 919-394-8137

                 Mrs. Amina J. Turner, Exec. Dir., 919-682-4700

MEDIA ADVISORY

NAACP TO FILE FEDERAL TITLE VI COMPLAINT

AGAINST WAYNE COUNTY (NC) PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM

WHO:          STATE NAACP PRESIDENT, REV. DR. WILLIAM J. BARBER, II, ATTY. AL MCSURELY, ATTY. IRV JOYNER, LEGAL REDRESS CHAIR, MS. SYLVIA BARNES, GOLDSBORO-WAYNE NAACP BRANCH IN CONJUNCTION WITH NATIONAL NAACP LEGAL DEPARTMENT

WHAT:        PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING TITLE VI COMPLAINT

WHEN:        TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2009 AT 9:00 AM

WHERE:     SIDEWALK, NC DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION

301 NORTH WILMINGTON STREET, RALEIGH, NC  27601

NAACP will file a federal Title VI Complaint on behalf of all children assigned to the Wayne County Public School System (Goldsboro, NC) who are deprived of a constitutional education by the policies and practices that adversely impact particularly African American and other students of color.  Specifically, the practices complained of within the complaint have and, if not reversed, will continue to result in:

• Lower graduation rates for African Americans and other students of color;
• Higher drop out rates for African Americans and other students of color;
• Higher suspension rates for African Americans and other students of color;
• More and meaner discipline for African Americans and other students of color;
• Lower grade point averages for African Americans and other students of color;
• Lower college entrance rates for African Americans and other students of color;
• Lower college ambition rates for African Americans and other students of color;
• Lower gifted and talented participation by African Americans and other students of color;
• Higher placement of students of color in “special” self-contained classrooms; and
• And other well-recognized indices of structural and individual racially discriminatory school practices.

According to State President, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, “We are filing this complaint because in 2009—55 years after Brown v Board of  Education—the Wayne County Public School System has not only had a high school (Goldsboro High School) cited as failing to meet the standards of our [state] constitution,  but is operating an attendance district that is virtually 100% resegregated, failing to provide adequate education to the students therein and we believe is in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s Title VI.”

NAACP is filing the complaint simultaneously with the Office of Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education, and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice on the 54^TH Anniversary of Rosa Park’s challenge to Jim Crow when she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama that led to the modern day civil rights movement.

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by government agencies that receive federal funding.  If any agency is found in violation, it can lose its federal funding.

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.  For more information, call the State Office at 866-626-2227 or e-mail us at execdirnaacpnc@gmail.com.  ###