National NAACP News

NAACP joins Nolan Wells’ family legal team

Today, NAACP President Derrick Johnson announced that the NAACP Office of General Counsel is joining attorney Ben Crump to represent the family of Nolan Wells.  Nolan Wells, an 18-year-old Mississippi resident, went missing on July 4, 2026 after attending an Independence Day gathering on an island off the Mississippi Gulf Coast. His body was recovered […]

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Graphic from National NAACP, "Remembering Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, 1932-2025" with images of Dr. Dukes

Celebrating the life, leadership, and legacy of Dr. Hazel N. Dukes

The NAACP community mourns the loss of “Mama Dukes,” one of our fiercest leaders, who passed away at the age of 92 on March 1, 2025. The NAACP New York State Conference has created a web page to submit reflections and remembrances, and ask that all such communication be sent using that form. The message

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