IN MEMORIAM Addie Mae Collins Denise McNair Carol Robertson Cynthia Wesley

On Sept. 15, 1963, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., was bombed by Ku Klux Klan members, killing four girls attending a Sunday service at which the sermon was titled "The love that forgives. It was "the deadliest act of the civil rights era," according to today's New York Times; on Sept. 15, 2001, four days after the September 11 tragedies, U.S. Representative Barbara Lee, D-Calif., was the only member of Congress to vote against granting unlimited military power to George Bush. (Courtesy of Nevada Journalist Dennis Myers' Daily Alamanac)

Reno-Sparks NAACP opposes Charter cable channel move

Celebrate 40 Years of Good Will and Understanding

Pat Shannon Baker, center, during the "Instant Park" construction in Reno, July-1968.

The Reno/Sparks NAACP Branch and Youth Council’s Back To School Stay in School Rally Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the building of Pat Baker Park Activities and food for the family! Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 2:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Family Education Summit information Free Refreshments and Activities NAACP extends thanks to the following churches for their love and support: Word Of Life Ministry, Second Baptist Church, Pilgrim Rest Baptist, First Baptist-Black Springs, Mt. Hope Baptist, Greater Light Christian Center, Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist, New Jerusalem Baptist, Freedom Baptist, Perfect Peace Community Baptist, Grace Tabernacle C.O.G.I.C., Rehoboth Holy Temple, Center Of Hope, Greater Harvest, Bethel AME, Sparks Seventh Day Adventist and others who have supported our work. “A community celebration of harmony and history” Call (775) 425-3831 for more information.

Thanks to our sponsors Washoe County City of Reno Sierra Pacific Power Company Ambassador Productions

8:30 p.m. Movie in the Park by Reno Parks and Recreation Scholarships Parent information: “How to help your students succeed” Community organizing tools

Reno-Sparks NAACP 63rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet
Atlantis Casino-Resort-Spa Convention Center, Reno
Saturday, June 7, 2008

Civil rights legend returns to Reno 40 years after sparking construction of Pat Baker Park memorial to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2007 Freedom Fund Banquet

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Thanks to everyone who made the 2008 Ebony Fashion Fair Glam Odyssey a huge success

DR. KING: 40 Years – Life, Death, Unfinished Business
Reno MLK Artown Events, July 25-26-27, 2008

RENO/SPARKS NAACP TO JOIN NAACP NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION
AGAINST MORTGAGE DISCRIMINATION ON JULY 2

NAACP spotlights suit against 17 lenders
Reno Gazette-Journal 7-3-2008

CNN Presents: Black in America
A six-hour television event, examines the complex issues, successes and struggles
of black men, women and families. Reported by Soledad O'Brien.
July 23 and 24, 2008

Important Bill Moyers program on race relations bumped
by northern Nevada PBS affiliate

Reno-Sparks NAACP asks Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County to fully honor Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday

Reno-Sparks NAACP Branch 1112 and Community Partners celebrate NATIONAL WOMEN’S HEALTH WEEK
Starting with “Beauty and Health” Informational Health Fair May 10

Crusaders reunite
African-American civil rights leader Eddie Scott of Reno was honored Tuesday, May 6, by the Mature Adult Ministry group at Second Baptist Church. Friends and former employees praised Scott, who was the president of the local NAACP branch during the early 1960s.
Reno Gazette-Journal 5-7-2008

NAACP Reno-Sparks Branch No. 1112 clarifies its mission in light of phone calls generated by Obama/Wright controversy
5-6-2008

Observing the 40th anniversary of Dr. King’s Assassination
Remembering his life, death and unfinished business such as The Poor Peoples Campaign and Resurrection City and asking, in the words of his last book, "WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE: CHAOS OR COMMUNITY? WILDERNESS OR PROMISED LAND?"
Three days of community, conversation, reflection and action, April 4-6, 2008
First United Methodist Church on the river in downtown Reno
UPDATE: DR. KING: 40 Years – Life, Death, Unfinished Business
Reno MLK Artown Events, July 25-26-27, 2008

NAACP-backed lawsuit heads in federal court March 14
Hearing in Alexander v. Washoe County School District regarding the denial of due process to Ashley and Everette Ball when they were expelled from Reno's Hug High School. Open to the public.
Daily Sparks Tribune 3-9-2008

Community groups and members asked to write congressional delegation about $262 million Medicaid budget cuts
Daily Sparks Tribune 3-9-2008

Already in your community and coming soon to a TV set near you Unnatural Causes, a four-part miniseries: Is inequality making us sick?

Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher calculated that in 2002 almost 85.000 African-Americans died who would not have died if black-white differences in health did not exist. That's the equivalent of one Boeing 737 being shot out of the sky and killing everyone aboard every day, 365 days a year. And they are all black. Unnatural Causes for the first time on television sounds the alarm about our huge and alarming socio-economic and racial disparities in health — and searches for their causes, which are not what we might expect.

34-cent overdraft turns into $600 in fees
Reno-Sparks Branch member victimized by bank service charges
Fees paid disproportionately by low- and moderate-income people
Daily Sparks Tribune 12-15-2007

Meetings
General membership: First Thursday of each month
335 E. Sixth Street in Reno, 6:00 p.m.

Complaint Intake Forms

Useful Links
NAACP.org

Other Nevada Branches

Nevada Humanities Civil Rights Gallery

History of Reno-Sparks Branch No. 1112
University of Nevada Special Collections

The Nevada Black History Project

Nevada NAACP in the Civil Rights Era
University of California Oral History Project
1961 Interview with Tarea Pittman
NAACP West Coast Regional Director

Lubertha Miller Johnson (1906-1989): NAACP branch president,
Nevada civil rights and womens' rights pioneer

Crusaders reunite
Reno Gazette-Journal 5-7-2008

Jena 6 local and national support info

Reno-Sparks NAACP 2007 Archive