NAACP

The East St. Louis chapter of the NAACP launched the second phase of the chapter’s initiative to bring more attention to and provide solutions for injustices that residents in East St. Louis experience.

Updated 9:40 a.m. with a statement from city officials. The St. Louis NAACP is considering a federal civil rights lawsuit to force St. Louis officials to…

The NAACP and League of Women Voters argue that no one should be forced to risk their health and leave their home to vote during the pandemic.

Three years ago, a Tennessee man made a wrong turn and ended up lost in rural Missouri. The man, Tory Sanders, sought help from local law enforcement —…

Melinda Jones stands next to her great-grandparents’ former house and shields her eyes against the already-hot morning sun.The modest two-story brick…

The St. Louis County NAACP is throwing its support behind the group’s suspended president even as the national association presses on with an…

Updated Nov. 13 at 4:15 p.m. with comment from St. Louis Lambert International Airport — St. Louis City NAACP President Adolphus Pruitt said Tuesday the…

Updated at 2:25 p.m. July 3 with comments from the ACLU — A federal appeals court in St. Louis has ruled that the way the Ferguson-Florissant School…

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, a California Democrat and rising national star, delivered a two-pronged address in St. Louis on Thursday that appeared to be…

More than half a century ago, civil rights attorney Frankie Muse Freeman became the first woman appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. At that…