Latest "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" stories

How Dorie Miller’s bravery helped fight Navy racism

The first American hero of World War II helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do.

By Thomas W. Cutrer and T. Michael Parrish, World War II Magazine

4 years ago

Desegregating America’s blood supply to save wounded service members

It was not until 1950 that the Red Cross stopped requiring the segregation of so-called “Negro blood.”

By Thomas A Guglielmo, George Washington University

5 years ago