The Texas NAACP is proud to announce that we have been working with AFLAC to help bring their services to those who need it most. More information about those services will be released later
Texas NAACP has been involved in the Texas Redistricting Lawsuit
Even though it has not been covered much by the media, The Texas NAACP has been actively involved in the ongoing redistricting lawsuit. The interest of African Americans and other minorities were very well represented by lead counsel Allison Riggs of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Co-counsel Robert Notzon, Texas NAACP Legal Redress chair. [...]
Texas NAACP Calls for Department of Education to Review Social Studies Curriculum Changes
The Texas NAACP, Texas LULAC and Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE) held a press conference, with partnering groups to announce the filing of a request for a proactive review by the U.S. Department of Education and its Civil rights division. The request addresses many aspects of discrimination against minority public school [...]
Congratulations to Texas Youth and College
The Texas State Conference would like to congratulate our future leaders, the Texas State Youth and College Division. Between the State Conference and Sam Houston State University Texas walked away with 10 awards, including College Chapter of the Year and Youth Advisor of the Year, during the National Convention Youth Freedom Fund Banquet. Once again [...]
Our Ongoing Fight Against Voter ID
November 16th, 2011 
admin The Brennan Center for Justice and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, on behalf of the Texas State Conference of the NAACP, submitted a comment letter opposing preclearance of a recently enacted set of changes to the State of Texas’s Election Code. We respectfully request that the Department deny Section 5 preclearance to this legislation because these changes, which are set forth in Senate Bill 14, will disproportionately impact African-American and Latino citizens and have a retrogressive effect on minority voting strength across the State of Texas.
Our comment letter summarizes the new voter identification requirements contained in Senate Bill 14 and outlines the special burdens—both financial and logistical—that these provisions will impose upon African-American and Latino voters in Texas. The letter also reviews some of the legislative history behind Senate Bill 14, which demonstrates that the new voter ID provisions may have been enacted with discriminatory intent. In light of this evidence of Senate Bill 14’s discriminatory effects and potentially discriminatory purpose, and the State of Texas’s failure to provide adequate information disproving both discriminatory effects and intent, Texas has failed to meet its burden under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. Accordingly, the Department should deny preclearance for Senate Bill 14
Below you will find a copy of the 1st letter that was sent to the Justice Department on September 14, 2011. We will be posting our 2nd letter soon
