NAACP Hillsborough County Branch

Sick Children removed from Florida Medicaid program

Following a CNN report on Florida‘s decision to remove more than 13,000 children from a Medicaid program for very sick kids, Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Kathy Castor are calling on the Department of Health to investigate the decision. In 2015, the state pulled more than 13,000 children out of the Children’s Medical Services, or…

Blacks most likely wrongfully convicted of crimes, study shows

The majority of individuals wrongfully convicted of murder, sexual assault and drug crimes are Black, according to a study recently released by the National Registry of Wrongful Convictions titled “Race and Wrongful Convictions in the United States.” In addition, African-American prisoners who are convicted of murder are about 50 percent more likely to…

NAACP Florida State Conference Calls on Governor to Remove All Confederate Symbols

NAACP Florida State Conference Calls on Governor to Remove All Confederate Symbols at the State Capitol and Requests Legislative Leaders to Support A Ban From Public Property Statewide “The NAACP is against all forms of hate, racism, and discrimination. With the hatred and pure evil on display in Charlottesville, this movement now appears to have…

FLORIDA SHINES IN BALTIMORE AS NAACP HILLSBOROUGH ACT-SO TEAM CAPTURES FOUR MEDALS AND EMERGE FIVE NATIONAL PERFORMERS.

BALTIMORE- Hillsborough County NAACP team gave new meaning to Sunshine State as five students seized the spotlight by performing on a national stage and receiving top honors during the 38th Annual Afro-Academic Cultural and Science Olympics in Baltimore Maryland July 20-23, 2017. Sharing the stage with Hip Hop Legend, Kool Moe Dee, and Cornelius…

NAACP Hillsborough Reaction to Charlottsville Killing

How apparent loopholes, inaction keeps teachers with least experience in low-performing schools

http://www.wtsp.com/news/education/how-apparent-loopholes-inaction-keeps-teachers-with-least-experience-in-low-performing-schools-1/465874343

Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville

Source: HuffPost CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — There was nothing haphazard about the violence that erupted today in this bucolic town in Virginia’s heartland. At about 10 a.m. today, at one of countless such confrontations, an angry mob of white supremacists formed a battle line across from a group of counter-protesters, many of them older and gray-haired,…

CDC 25th Anniversary Gala