University of Iowa NAACP Chapter

University of Iowa NAACP Chapter The NAACP's principal objective is to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of people of color and eliminate race prejudice.

Founded in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens committed to social justice, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's largest and strongest civil rights organization. For more than ninety one years, the NAACP has been built on the individual and collective courage of thousands of people. People of all races, nationalities and re

ligious denominations, who were united on one premise -- that all men and women are created equal. Although, one could write great prose about the triumphs of the NAACP, there is nothing more powerful than the facts of how the existence of the oldest civil rights organization has changed the face of history for this country. And despite threats of violence, and official government policies that were racist the NAACP continued and will continue to persevere.

06/26/2020

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06/21/2020

In a world that is increasing in its need for evidence of things happening, and in its claims of ‘fake news’, it is easy to avoid the truth, and to look away. We must make sure that people face the truth, can see what is happening, and what is at stake, and why.

It is also becoming increasingly important to preserve the truth, to safeguard it, so that our history may not be white-washed, like it was with the Tulsa riot of 1921, where 15,000 Black people were left homeless, 1500 homes were burned down, and yet, most of American history does not cover this.

The product of this whitewashing is that BIPOC are erased of their struggle for their freedom, for their human rights. They are erased of everything they have done and stood for, of everything they have lived for. They are erased.

Sriven Kadiyala, an Iowa City resident is documenting the movement happening over the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black Lives by police officers, as a reminder to previous generations of their struggles for reed on, to inspire awareness and action in our generation and so that what is happening now may not be erased. So that when people look back, they might remember, and say this happened. This was part of our history. This was who we were.

06/20/2020

Mazin Mohamedali, a lead protester in Iowa City who was recently arrested on charges stemming from his action at protests, will see five of the six charges leveled against him dropped, according to a press release from his lawyers. Mohamedali was arrested by Iowa City Police June 7 and charged w

06/08/2020

IOWA CITY - A leader of the Iowa City group that calls itself the Iowa Freedom Riders and has been organizing protests across the community over the last week was arrested Sunday evening on counts of unlawful assembly and disorderly conduct, according to the Johnson County Jail, where he's being hel...

11/04/2019

Weekly Writing Collective for Black & Brown Graduate Students Graduate students of color are welcome to join Writing While Black & Brown...

10/11/2019

Former Georgia House Democratic Leader Stacey Abrams will visit the IMU Nov. 4 to give a presentation on making sure elections are fair in 2020. According to a press release, Abrams will speak at 5:30 p.m. in the IMU Main Lounge. Her presentation is part of a program called “Hard Won. Not Done.,.....

09/02/2019

Help us send Iowa born fashion designer Andre’ Wright to NYFW this September! Use code: BLU and CHOMP will donate a dollar!

Your kind donation will help Iowa native land Andre and his team on the largest fashion stage in nation this September and give Iowa City an amazing representations. Help spread the world

Humanize My Hoodie

05/29/2019

As a teen, Shaw faced decades in prison for a crime he said he did not commit. Now, he has formally been admitted to the bar of the District of Columbia.

05/02/2019

Established in 1984 and continuing through the 1990s, a group of University of Iowa community members met once a month to discuss African American literature in a primarily white environment. The group was known as the Helen Lemme Reading Club, after an Iowa City-born civil-rights advocate. Almost 3...

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