Caldwell County NAACP - Branch 5410

03/05/2025

Happening tomorrow!

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We will be hosting our Black Balloon Day event "Somebody's Someone" on March 6th and hope you can join us in remembering those who we've lost to Overdose. 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

02/24/2025

A coalition of South Carolina colleges is set to enhance its prison education programs thanks to a $1.3 million grant.

02/22/2025

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02/18/2025

🗣️📕 ✍🏽 A list of speeches and sermons in which he courageously speaks truth; shares about Kingian nonviolence; and expounds on issues of injustice and what our righteous, rigorous response should be. Relevant. Revelatory. Revolutionary.

1. ‘The Other America.’ Full speech: https://youtu.be/dOWDtDUKz-U?si=yzHNbyA2bZiJBq-F

“It's more difficult today because we are struggling now for genuine equality. And it's much easier to integrate a lunch counter than it is to guarantee a livable income and a good solid job.” From ‘The Other America.”

2. “Nonviolence is not sterile passivity, but a powerful moral force which makes for social transformation.” Acceptance Speech

Full speech: https://youtu.be/az8VvmcgNpE

3. “This problem of spiritual and moral lag, which constitutes modern man's chief dilemma, expresses itself in three larger problems which grow out of man's ethical infantilism.” From ’s Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, ‘The Quest for Peace and Justice’

Full speech: https://youtu.be/CzMFOljSYIk

4. From ‘Paul’s Letter to American Christians’:

“Oh America, how often have you taken necessities from the masses to give luxuries to the classes.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/7p5iOhXumaQ

5. in 1967, but he could be talking about today: “And so the collision course is set. The people cry for freedom and the congress attempts to legislate repression.” From ‘The Three Evils of Society.’

Full speech: https://youtu.be/6sT9Hjh0cHM

6. ‘Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.’ Please spend some time with it. “If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read: Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the deepest hopes of men the world over.”

Full speech: https://youtu.be/AJhgXKGldUk

7. : https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

02/15/2025

The NAACP is urging cancer be declared as a public health crisis in the Black community in response to troubling CDC research.

02/14/2025

If you love Black people, support .

If you love Black people, support economic empowerment.

If you love Black people, support health equity initiatives.

If you love Black people, stand for justice in ALL its forms. ✨

This , let’s commit to . Sign our pledge today and be a part of the change Black America deserves. https://naacp.org/actions/love-blackness-pledge-advance

02/12/2025

Enslaved women served as field hands, domestic workers, and skilled artisans and laborers. Specialized skills afforded enslaved women in urban spaces like the Yamacraw district of Savannah, Georgia, and the Charleston Neck area of Charleston, South Carolina, the autonomy to live in neighborhoods set aside for enslaved craftspeople and the mobility to work in taverns and boarding houses, saloons and on different plantations using slave badges that identified their professions.

Though agricultural work comprised most of the labor on plantations, a consistently vital role among enslaved people came from textile work. Seamstresses were highly valued, often producing clothing for the plantation population – both enslaved and free. As dressmakers, milliners, and seamstresses, enslaved women also crafted fine fashion and beautiful needlework associated with elite southern white women. They produced ornate heirloom quality textiles, including delicate whitework and lace.

Highly skilled, these women developed a keen understanding of measurements, materials, tools, and techniques. Many passed on these trades to their children. Some women, like Elizabeth Keckly, were able to work for themselves and, over time, buy their way out of slavery. Keckley, who would purchase her freedom for $1200, opened her own shop in Washington, D.C., and became the personal dressmaker for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Learn more: https://s.si.edu/4hhcmPF



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02/12/2025

During the biggest night in sports, Black athletes and artists proved — once again — that our impact is undeniable. While some work to erase progress, we continue to shape culture, move industries, and redefine the game.

Read more on how Black excellence took center stage at the .
https://naacp.org/articles/diverse-inclusive-football