Next NAACP Meeting
Always second Saturday! Next regular meeting , Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 pm at the Vision Ford Atrium, 1500 S. White Sands, Alamogordo, NM, Visitors welcome!
Otero County NAACP presents its annual Junteenth Celebration, Saturday, May 12th, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Alamogordo Public Library, music and dance outside under the trees. Karunna Warren and his New World Drummers and Dancers will entertain with traditional African drums and dance. Dancing and singing encouraged. Everyone Welcome!
Legal Redress
The Otero County NAACP Redress Committee provides legal advice and information to community members in the event one may feel that their civil rights have been violated. For more information on Legal Redress, contact any of our local officers listed under our contact information.-
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Hate Group Numbers Up
Hate Group Numbers Up By 54% Since 2000 Published by the Southern Poverty Law Center The number of hate groups operating in the United States continued to rise in 2008 and has grown by 54 percent since 2000 – an … Continue reading
Color Blind, Power Oblivious
Eric Holder and the Whitewashing of Racism Counterpunch By TIM WISE It was all too predictable that Attorney General Eric Holder would be attacked for his recent remarks about race in America. To suggest that the nation is still haunted … Continue reading
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Come celebrate MLK day, Monday, January 19, 12:00 at the Boys & Girls Club of Otero County, 201 Dale Scott Ave. Alamogordo, NM 88310 for a march to City Hall and back. Bring canned goods to donate to the Salvation … Continue reading
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Election Fraud
Thanks to Chris Jones for submitting to naacpoc.org. 2 Voter Rights Cases, One Gripping a College Town, Stir Texas New York Times May 28, 2008 By RALPH BLUMENTHAL PRAIRIE VIEW, Tex. — “Vote or Die,” exhorts the faded slogan on … Continue reading
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North Carolina NAACP Denounces Race-Baiting Ad
25 April 2008 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II NC NAACP State Conference President The NAACP is fiercely non-partisan. We do not endorse candidates. But for over 99 years, the NAACP has also been fiercely anti-racist. In 1898 White … Continue reading
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