Today in Labor History April 27, 1882: Jessie Redmon Fauset was born. She was an African-American editor, poet, essayist, novelist, and educator. Her emphasis on portraying an accurate image of African-American life and history inspired literature of the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s. In her fiction, she created black characters who were working professionals. This was inconceivable to white Americans at the time. Her stories dealt with themes like racial discrimination, "passing", and feminism. From 1919 to 1926, she was literary editor of The Crisis, a NAACP magazine.

#laborhistory #WorkingClass #naacp #africanamerican #feminism #racism #literary #novel #poetry #writer #author #poet #fiction #discrimination #HarlemRenaissance #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

In 1920 the NAACP began flying a flag from the windows of its headquarters at 69 Fifth Avenue when a lynching occurred. The words on the flag were “a man was lynched yesterday.”

The threat of losing its lease forced the NAACP to discontinue the practice in 1938.

#naacp #history #photography #blackhistory #ushistory #BlackMastodon #lynching

Dollars vote. Be careful who you support. The NAACP has long used boycotts, and they have a short list to avoid now due to rollback of DEI. Let's all work together, ok?

NAACP's Boycott List:
Google (all google services, google pixel phones, everything)
Meta (facebook, instagram, threads, WhatsAp)
McDonalds
Walmart
Tractor Supply
Target
**My additions below:
Amazon
Ford
Toyota
Nissan
John Deer
Harley Davidson
Lowes
Jack Daniels
X/twitter

SUPPORT THESE PLACES KEEPING DEI!
Subaru
Costco
Publix
Kroger
Fred Meyer (and other sub co's)
Burger King
Popeyes
Tim Hortons
ACE Hardware
True Value
84 Lumber
Harbor Freight
Delta Airlines
Ben & Jerry's
Apple (on NAACP's list, I have issues with apple in other areas though.)

Read The Black Consumer Advisory here: https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory

My first post about this: https://flipping.rocks/@sunguramy/114031399290105289

I'll get back to photography someday I promise, sorry it's been more information lately on my page, but I want to promote helpful knowledge of easy things to do to help.

#Amazon #Meta #Target #BuyLocal #boycott #resist #naacp #Boycott #DEI #BlackFedi #Equality #Justice

LDF Sues U.S. Department of Education on Behalf of Education Research Organizations Over Discontinuation of Critical Demographic Data Collection

#NAACP #DOE #education #demographics #law
https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/ldf-sues-u-s-department-of-education-on-behalf-of-education-research-organizations-over-discontinuation-of-critical-demographic-data-collection/

@AssociatedPress @u-s-news-AssociatedPress
This gentleman should give his speech in an alternate venue. I'd love to hear him speak.
The State Bar of Texas can go pound sand.
#naacp

#RESIST! #NAACP Sues #DepartmentOfEducation Over #DEI Rollbacks: Here's What To Know

The nation's oldest #CivilRights group says the Trump administration’s rollback of diversity and inclusion programs is unconstitutional and disproportionately harms #BlackStudents.

April 19, 2025

"The NAACP is suing the U.S. Department of Education over recent efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. In a federal complaint filed in Washington, D.C., the organization alleges that the Department of Education’s recent directives are unconstitutional and discriminatory—particularly for Black students.

"The complaint faults the administration for targeting programs that offer '#truthful, #inclusive curricula,' as well as policies that expand access to selective educational opportunities for #BlackAmericans and foster belonging while addressing #racism in schools.

"The NAACP argues that the Department’s recent actions 'advance a misinterpretation' of federal civil rights laws and Supreme Court precedent—actions that, according to the group, violate its members’ rights to equal protection and to be free from viewpoint discrimination under the #USConstitution.

"NAACP President Derrick Johnson criticized the move, stating that the administration is 'effectively sanctioning' the very discrimination that U.S. civil rights laws were designed to prevent

" 'The Department of Education, tasked with a responsibility to protect the civil rights of all children, has instead claimed #SystemicRacism doesn’t exist — effectively sanctioning the very discrimination that our civil rights laws were designed to prevent while children of color consistently attend #segregated, chronically underfunded schools where they receive less educational opportunities and more discipline,' said Johnson."

Read more:
https://www.essence.com/news/naacp-sues-department-of-education-over-dei/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

#BlackLivesMatter #USPol #Resistance #TrumpIsARacist #CharacteristicsOfFascism

States defying #Trump anti-#DEI deadline risk losing education federal funding

The #NAACP and the Legal Defense Fund have filed "a federal lawsuit blasting the Trump administration for a 'legally flawed' interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964."

Story by Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner, April 22, 2025

Excerpt: "In total, at least 16 states and Puerto Rico intend to sign the certification, according to Education Weekly, while 16 states have declined to sign.

"Many of the states that have flat out refused to sign the order by citing their commitment to DEI policies are led by Democratic governors.

"Among those states are New York, the first state to publicly thumb its nose at the certification request, Colorado, Washington, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Vermont, and Utah, with the latter two states having Republican governors.

[...]

"In Fiscal Year 2022, federal funding accounted for 14% of K-12 education funding. State and local funding provided 87% of K-12 funding.

"In fiscal 2024, the Department of Education spent $18.8 billion for schools with large numbers of #poor, neglected, delinquent, and other '#EducationallyDisadvantaged' students, as well as $55 billion in COVID-19 grants to #PreK programs, elementary, and secondary schools, according to Pew Research Center.

"Should the Department of Education strip states of federal funding, it could force cuts during the 2025-2026 school year."

Full article:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-defying-trump-anti-dei-deadline-risk-losing-education-federal-funding/ar-AA1Dn3PH

#Resistance #ResistFascism #CharacteristicsOfFascism #TrumpIsABully #TrumpHatesChildren #ProtectTransKids #USPol

Make a donation to #NAACP Legal Defense Fund to power our work!

#law #civilrights #ruleoflaw
https://engage.naacpldf.org/a/rti-email-2025?refcode=EM_20250417_S_4M_main&amtOpts=110.00%2c180.00%2c250.00%2c400.00%2c450.00%2c500.00&recurringAmtOpts=20.00%2c35.00%2c50.00%2c80.00%2c90.00%2c100.00&am=180.00&recurringAm=35.00&is_optimized_ask=true&emci=07089861-b41b-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&emdi=3dc85c17-d01b-f011-8b3d-0022482a9fb7&ceid=534366

Janai Nelson: We Can Defeat Trump’s Lawlessness. We’ve Done It Before. Donald #tRump’s intimidation tactics are not new. At the height of the civil rights movement, segregationists harassed our civil rights lawyers.

#ruleoflaw #law #NAACP #democracy #fascism #resistance
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-lawlessness-ldf/

The Houston chapter of the NAACP is calling for the removal of Roger Brown from his position as Humble ISD superintendent after he said he wanted to “lynch the mayor” during a staff meeting.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2025/04/15/518912/houston-naacp-calls-for-removal-of-humble-isd-superintendent-following-lynching-comments/

#Education #EducationNews #Local #News #HumbleISD #HumbleISDSchoolBoard #Naacp #NAACPHouston #SuperintendentRogerBrown

The Black Consumer Advisory: Leveraging Our Dollars For Change

"In the wake of nationwide protests against systemic #racism in 2020, many corporations and institutions publicly committed to being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Five years later and some are starting to backtrack without ever meeting promises made. As businesses reverse their commitments, it is time to hold them accountable."

#NAACP #DEI
https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory

1of2 Article from Mar 6. The loss of $12.4B is measured in the market value drop, reflected in the $27$ drop in stock price. The movement was buoyed by the #NAACP, the NNPA (Nat'l Newspaper Publishers Assoc). Reverend Bryant, who called for the 40-day #TargetFast, claims black people spend $12M a day there, which he successfully changed. Let's see if their boycotts extend past lent; I know mine will.
#boycott #Target #diversity #equity & #inclusion #brand #loyalty #gone https://www.thecharlottepost.com/news/2025/03/06/business/target-takes-a-hit-12.4-billion-in-value-lost-after-boycott/

https://fortune.com/2025/04/01/target-dei-demise-boycott-foot-traffic-down-eighth-consecutive-week/ I was a pretty regular #Target shopper. I have found it is not difficult to not do that. Of course I suspect we’ll be doing a lot less shopping now thanks to the trade war anyway. #NAACP #boycott

Albert Einstein Truly a Giant of a man.#AlbertEinstein #truegenius #naacp #StopRacism #FuckNazis

Today in Labor History March 31, 1966: There was a two-day boycott of Seattle schools protesting segregation. The protest was organized by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organizers set up eight “Freedom Schools” to educate students who walked out of class. But they had to scramble to come up with dozens more because so many students honored the boycott. The “Freedom Schools” taught African American history and the history of the civil rights movement, among other things.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #schools #segregation #racism #seattle #CivilRights #freedomschools #boycott #naacp #core #schools #education #children

Today in Labor History March 25, 1931: The authorities arrested the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama and charged them with rape. The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American youths, ages 13 to 20, falsely accused of raping two white women. A lynch mob tried to murder them before they had even been indicted. All-white juries convicted each of them. Several judges gave death sentences, a common practice in Alabama at the time for black men convicted of raping white women. The Communist Party and the NAACP fought to get the cases appealed and retried. Finally, after numerous retrials and years in harsh prisons, four of the Scottsboro Boys were acquitted and released. The other five were got sentences ranging from 75 years to death. All were released or escaped by 1946. Poet and playwright Langston Hughes wrote it in his work Scottsboro Limited. And Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son was influenced by the case.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #scottsboroboys #racism #lynching #rape #prison #langstonhughes #richardwright #novel #naacp #communism #books #author #writer #fiction #alabama #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

Yep. I think she did that sh!t on purpose.🤷🏿‍♀️ Tell the #naacp to sit tf down.🤔
😒#alailaeverett
#KaelenTucker
#trackandfield #sports

cr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC_SRpMOtU0

“Only a pawn in their game” song about murder of #MedgarEvers performed by 22 year old BD on august 28th 1963 at March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCjGSbm2LFc

Medgar Evers born July 2, 1925 #civilrights activist - the #NAACP first field secretary in #Mississippi.
A United States Army veteran in World War II he engaged in efforts to overturn racial segregation and was murdered by KKK Byron De La Beckwith June 12, 1963.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medgar_Evers

American Experience | Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the #NAACP

The civil rights movement was set in motion by activists of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. While some of its leaders are familiar, Walter White — NAACP head from 1929 to 1955 and one of America’s most influential Black men — has been all but forgotten.

https://www.pbs.org/video/forgotten-hero-walter-white-and-the-naacp-lby1ln/