Community leaders in Springfield are celebrating Juneteenth with events designed to honor history and bring people together, ...

Across Lane County, community members participated in "Good Trouble Lives On" demonstrations, denouncing Trump administration ...

NAACP Springfield is set for events over the weekend to celebrate Juneteenth. The organization has reported on social media ...

A threatening letter sent to the Springfield NAACP president earlier this week has prompted an investigation by local, state and federal law enforcement agencies. The letter contained “threats of ...

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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter in Springfield, where Haitian nationals are overrunning the small Ohio town, has emerged as a vocal proponent of the ...

SPRINGFIELD – Bishop Talbert Swan II is pledging to continue to push for racial justice as president of the Greater Springfield NAACP. The organization reelected Swan as president to what it says is ...

President Joe Biden is set to sign a proclamation Friday to designate a national monument at the Springfield, Illinois, site of the 1908 race riot, which later fueled the formation of the NAACP.

The Springfield unit of the NAACP will host a day of diversity training Wednesday to help further relations between the community and area law enforcement. The training will take place at Clark State ...

A recent increase in shootings and shots-fired incidents in recent months prompted a community meeting Thursday night, led by the Springfield Chapter NAACP, to talk about what can be done about the ...