A wave of racist text messages has been condemned by officials and universities across the U.S. The messages, which started appearing on Wednesday, were sent to Black residents in at least 32 states and in the nation’s capital. At least 26 schools have reported receiving the racist messages. The texts included offensive language, claiming reci...
Five students backed by the NAACP have filed a lawsuit against the Shenandoah County School Board for restoring Confederate names to several schools. On May 9, the school board voted to rename Mountain View High School and Honey Run Elementary School back to Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby Lee Elementary School, respectively. The lawsu...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has called on the Biden administration to indefinitely suspend arms shipments to Israel due to the high civilian death toll in Gaza. The national civil rights group’s president Derrick Johnson has expressed the need for a cease-fire and halt in violence. Johnson called on P...
