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Shooting Death Of Florida Teen Sparks Nationwide Movement

One month since the shooting death of a Florida teen, the movement for action has spread across the nation, including three straight days of rallies in Dallas.

2012/03/25

Minority Groups Oppose New Texas Voting Maps

Angry over the latest Texas voting maps handed down by federal judges, minority rights groups looked to a separate court as their last hope.

2012/03/01

Dallas NAACP Leader Talks Victories & Challenges

For more than a century, the NAACP has been fighting to improve lives. The organization’s history includes great victories, but many challenges still remain.

2012/02/03

Texas Democrats Newly Skeptical Over April Primary

Democrats suing the state over Republican-drawn voting maps expressed new doubts that Texas could salvage an April primary.

2012/02/02

Do New State Voting Maps Diminish Minority Power?

Federal hearings will get underway on Tuesday to determine if Texas lawmakers violated the Voting Rights Act when they redrew political maps.

2012/01/17

GP Teachers Taking Action Against Superintendent

Nineteen Grand Prairie teachers have filed a class action grievance against the school district’s superintendent. The teachers and the Grand Prairie NAACP accuse Dr. Susan Hull of showing favoritism when it comes to hiring and contracts.

2012/01/02

Group Works To Preserve Grand Prairie Cemetery

The American Memorial Park Cemetery is nestled in a residential area in Grand Prairie’s east side. But what was supposed to be a historical landmark is instead a land marked with litter and unkept graves.

2011/11/11

Texas Board Rejects Confederate License Plates

A Texas board has decided the state won’t issue specialty Confederate license plates.

2011/11/10

Texas Board To Vote On Confederate License Plates

A Texas board was set to decide Thursday whether the state will issue specialty license plates featuring the Confederate battle flag, a plan Governor Rick Perry has said he opposes but will not block.

2011/11/10

Petition Offered Against Confederate Texas Plate

More than 22,000 people signed petitions against a proposed Confederate flag license plate for Texas.

2011/10/13

Perry Once Defended Confederate Symbols

When a campaign stepped up 11 years ago to remove the Confederate flag from government buildings, it found an opponent in Rick Perry.

2011/10/04

An earth mover goes through tons of debris. (credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Dallas Residents Upset By Landfill Development Plans

A new City of Dallas plan could increase the amount of money in the coffers by turning trash into cash. But the NAACP calls it a plan to pollute and harm the southern sector.

2011/08/16

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