Chester County NAACP

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to S. Carolina, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local police chief beat him..., leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. This March, @AmExperiencePBS shares his story. https://www.indiewire.com//pbs-blinding-of-isaac-woodard-/ See more

For too long, Doug Evans' office has treated Black Mississippians like second-class citizens through his discriminatory jury selection process. Striking Black j...urors at 4.4 times the rate than white jurors, this blatant discrimination violates the law and undermines our justice system. https://www.naacpldf.org//ldf-and-mjc-file-appeal-in-miss/ See more

Women of color continued to bear an outsized burden of the job loss in January, according to new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. Black women saw their unemployment rate increase to 8.5 percent. https://19thnews.org//02/january-2021-womens-unemployment/

No student should fear police violence in the classroom. LDF is fighting for #PoliceFreeSchools in Prince George County, and the school board is now taking up the issue. What do #SafeSchoolsPG look like? Join @PGChangeMakers’ town hall tomorrow at 7 pm: facebook.com/PGChangeMakers

#ICYMI: President and Director-Counsel @Sifill_LDF joined @MadisonSiriusXM this week to discuss the new #MarshallMotleyScholars Program, LDF's newest investment to develop civil rights lawyers committed to working in the South. https://www.siriusxm.com//084f8524-f326-4cf4-8209-d189b56f

33 years ago, Doug Williams made #SuperBowl history: "He had so many burdens on his back that day and responded in such a profound way that changed not just that Super Bowl, but it changed the game. https://www.washingtonpost.com///doug-williams-super-bowl/