Shell's CEO slammed by activist over crimes in Nigeria. For years, they have poisoned millions of people in Africa with oil spills and gas flaring. Your comments on this

#FredHampton, deputy chairman of Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, born today on 30 August 1948 #blackaugust #blackpanthers

Can’t wait!

As we honor #LaborDay, we recognize the contributions of Black Americans – as leading activists in the labor rights movement and through hundreds of years of enslaved and prison labor – whose courage and strength, bodies and labor built much of this country's economic prosperity.

2024 is not just about the Presidential Election. Our election research guide will help ensure that you and members of your community are leaving no power on the table in every race this election season ⬇️ naacpldf.org/research-candi…

“At the heart of the 14th Amend is the principle that the law must protect all of us equally. Statutes like Tennessee’s SB1-which are grounded in false stereotypes abt transgender ppl & single them out for disfavored treatment-are at war w/ this fundamental principle.” Sam Spital

ICYMI, Symone D. Sanders Townsend and I did a summer girls trip to check in with Black women about the upcoming election.... you can see it all on Sunday, September 29th at 9 pm on MSNBC!

“Bring the nation's children, and the parents will have to focus on Mississippi.” – Robert Moses, Speech on Freedom Summer at Stanford University naacpldf.org/freedom-summer…

Sybil Haydel Morial, educator, wife and mother of New Orleans mayors, dies at 91. Sending my deepest condolences to the Morial family. nola.com/news/sybil-mor… via @nolanews

The National Guard prevented nine Black students—Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Patillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas, and Carlotta Wall—from entering Central High School in Little Rock #OTD in 1957.

When will this nation love its children, more than it loves its guns? Another school shooting in Georgia by a 14-year-old who should have never had access to a firearm and four precious lives killed. We do not have to live this way.

A key way you can help ensure fair and accessible elections nationwide is by signing up to be a poll worker! Help ensure elections run smoothly and polling places stay open in your community by becoming a poll worker through Power the Polls today. powerthepolls.org/LDF

The Supreme Court has an opportunity to affirm the right to dignity, access to justice, and religious freedom of incarcerated persons in a case involving a Black man whose locs were forcibly shorn by prison guards. usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via @usatoday

There are only 60 days left until Election Day and the stakes are high. Janai Nelson encourages us to engage in the democratic process beyond voting by volunteering! To see how you can get involved, head to ldf.vote.

Illegal Police Stops Have Risen Under Mayor Adams, Despite Court Mandate nytimes.com/2024/09/05/nyr…