The NAACP has passed a resolution supporting marriage equality. “Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law,” says NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous. As the Facebook IPO fizzled (funny how a magic $100 billion appearing is a fizzle),

By Carlos Santoscoy On Saturday, all but 2 NAACP board members voted in favor of a resolution endorsing gay marriage. One of the dissenters might have been the Rev. Keith Ratliff Sr., the board's most vociferous opponent of gay rights.

When President Obama spoke out in favor of same-sex marriage, some worried what effect this would have among his black supporters — particularly in terms of the traditionally conservative black church. But a recent poll showed a significant

By GREG SMITH The Norwich branch of the NAACP is lending a helping hand to the Norwich Police Department in its continuing quest to better diversify the department, NAACP officials said. NAACP President Jacqueline Owens, who recently recognized two

The board of the NAACP, one of the nation's oldest and largest African American advocacy organizations, has passed a resolution supporting gay marriage in the wake of President Obama's public endorsement of same-sex