At 100, NAACP Still Kicking

Autor/in	Stuart, Reginald
Titel	At 100, NAACP Still Kicking
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 25 (2009) 26, S.12-13 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Youth Employment; Campuses; Civil Rights; Health Education; Voting; Racial Segregation; Black Colleges; Equal Education; African Americans; National Organizations; Barriers; Activism; Social Justice; African American History; Minority Groups; Mass Media; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Ethnic Diversity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Youth work; Jugendarbeit; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Abstimmung; Rassentrennung; Afroamerikaner; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Ethnische Minderheit; Massenmedien; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf
Abstract	When leaders of the NAACP gather this month to formally begin a year-long recognition of 100 years of civil rights work, they'll be talking as much about the organization's future as they will be honoring its past. On dozens of college campuses across the nation, where plenty of groups have taken on justice issues that for decades only the NAACP would touch, it is not uncommon to hear people question whether the NAACP is still relevant. The question is answering itself, however, as all discover there's still more than enough work to be done and still not enough people to take it on. Lynchings by racist, White mobs were the focal point of student protests in the 1930s. Racially segregated public schools, multiple barriers to voting, and segregation in interstate commerce were the focal point of the 1950s and 1960s. NAACP student chapters, most working in support of adult branches, played major roles in mobilizing students to protest all those social policies in their communities. Claiming 23,000 members in its Youth and College Division, the NAACP says it has 300 college chapters including some that date back to the 1930s. Campus chapters are all over the country, at historically Black colleges and universities, at historically White institutions, public and private schools, both rural and urban. Collectively, they are focusing on disparities in the criminal justice system, from the Jena Six high school case in Louisiana, in which racial tensions led to a schoolyard fight and six Black teenagers were charged, to national federal sentencing guidelines that have put thousands of people of color behind bars for decades for illegal drug offenses. They are engaged in year-round voter registration drives and cite youth mobilization in last year's elections as a good reason to register and vote. These groups are fighting noose hangings on campuses, use of the N-word by rappers and comedians, White fraternity "black face" parties and engaging in HIV health education work in their communities. To keep focus on issues dear to the roots of the NAACP, campus chapters offer fellow students a steady diet of seminars and education forums. Chapters hold forums on Black history, voting, minority presence and participation in the media, employment and other issues facing their communities. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10