NAACP hosts debate for Harrison County sheriff candidates
The NAACP hosted a debate for those running for Harrison County sheriff. The main topics of the evening were prison reform, including the current staffing issue and low…
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NAACP sues Mississippi over legislative redistricting plan
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is perpetuating a legacy of racial discrimination because lawmakers failed to draw enough majority-Black districts for the state House and Senate, civil rights advocates say in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The…
Flu vaccine event Friday
Memorial Health System is partnering with Gulfport and the NAACP to host a flu vaccine event Friday. Vaccines will be administered at the Isiah Fredericks Community Center on Martin Luther King Drive…
AARP offers help with voter registration
The Pascagoula Public Library will host AARP Voter Registration Drive on Thursday from 2 to 6 p.m. in the meeting room. Guest presenter, Irma Martin with AARP, will be at the library to help people register to vote and educate…
IP Casino donates to local charities
IP Casino Resort Spa continues its long-standing record of charitable giving, donating a total of $839,000 to local charities and organizations to date in 2021. IP Casino Resort Spa and Boyd Gaming are dedicated to giving back to the communities we…
Gulfport native joins NAACP Foundation Board
Gulfport native Yolanda Egland Wilson, now of Gwinnett County, Georgia, recently was elected to a three-year term on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Foundation Board of Trustees. The Foundation supports the mission of the NAACP by…
Stop the Violence event preview
With the recent stretch of violence in Gulfport, the Gulfport chapter of the NAACP is taking action by engaging in community outreach. Tomorrow night at 6:30, there will be a ‘Stop the Violence: Save our Youth” forum at the…
37th Annual Candidates Forum held ahead of Tuesday's primary elections in Mississippi
GULFPORT, Miss. (WXXV) — Time is winding down for residents across the area to decide who they are voting for in primary elections Tuesday, April 6. North Gulfport Civic Club in conjunction with the Gulfport branch of…
Mississippi politico, civil rights figure Charles Evers dies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Charles Evers, the older brother of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers and a longtime figure in Mississippi politics, has died in Mississippi. He was 97. A coroner says Evers…
Coping with national tragedies
After the latest death of an unarmed black man, tensions are high throughout the nation. Here on the Coast, many are still trying to make sense of the incident and are posing the question of how to prevent similar situations…
Moss Point-Jackson County NAACP helps in COVID-19 efforts
Saturday the Moss Point Jackson County NAACP lent a helping hand in better equipping its community in slowing the spread of coronavirus. By 10 a.m. in Moss Point, there were already cars full of people lined up ready to receive…
NAACP to give away masks in Moss Point
The Jackson County branch of the NAACP will be in Moss Point on Saturday to give away masks for those who need them. Members of the NAACP will be at the corner of MLK and Main Street in Moss Point…
NAACP turns in final witness interviews in Toussaint Sims case
Toussaint Diamon Sims died in August after being shot by a Moss Point police officer while fleeing from authorities. Sims’ death has left a lot of people with questions, including Jackson County NAACP President Curley Clark. Clark tells News 25…
Politically Connect Forum
The NAACP of Biloxi gave all candidates vying for Mississippi state political offices in the 2019 elections an opportunity talk about the issues in a politically connect forum. Candidates talked about their platforms on a ‘come whenever you can’ basis…
‘Inspire our Children to Believe, Achieve, and Succeed’ event
The Gulfport branch of the NAACP decided to inspire our children to believe, achieve, and succeed at their annual Black History program. The youth headlined this year’s event with songs, readings, speeches, and expressing the importance of African-American history. Moss…
'Inspiring our children to believe, achieve, and succeed' event
Inspiring our children to believe, achieve, and succeed is the goal for another NAACP Black History Month program taking place on Friday at the Good Deeds Community Center. This year, Chairperson Yolanda Wallace wants to focus on the youth as…
Get out to Vote
The Mississippi Poor People’s Campaign along with the NAACP hosted a ‘Get out to Vote’ rally at New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Biloxi. The goal of the rally was to encourage people not to forget about the crucial runoff…
‘Get out and Vote’ Weekend
The congregations at First Missionary Baptist Church in Gulfport and Biloxi got a special sermon Sunday morning in light of the upcoming election. Reverend Nelson Rivers is a Civil Rights activist who is passionate about the power in voting. He…
34th annual Candidates Forum
Election Day is quickly approaching and many citizens on the Coast got to hear candidate’s positions on why they should be put into office. The forum was hosted by the North Gulfport Civic Club in conjunction with the NAACP. It…
2018 annual Freedom Fund Gala
The Gulfport branch of the NAACP held their annual Freedom Fund Gala Sunday evening at the Beau Rivage while celebrating black excellence. Gulfport’s NAACP invited families of all who have died in the line of freedom in light of this…
Were spring breakers welcomed properly on the Coast?
The thousands of spring breakers that came to Biloxi have been gone for two weeks, but how the crowds were treated is still on the minds of Civil Rights activists on the Coast. Black Spring Break draws thousands of guests…
NAACP issues warning of hostile environment
The Jackson County NAACP has issued an advisory warning of a hostile environment in Ocean Springs in order to warn the thousands of people making their way to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for Black Spring Break. In the advisory, written…
Ku Klux Klan Video in Mississippi and Response
A video has surfaced of a KKK group, the United Dixie White Knights, threatening members of the Mississippi Rising Coalition. Members who were personally called out in the video addressed the issue during a press conference in ocean springs this…
Program honors African American war heroes
Military is the theme of the annual Black History Month Program at the Biloxi Civic Center. The City of Biloxi teams up with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to host the event every year. For our…