The Greater Terre Haute NAACP chapter is looking back on 2018 and ahead to next year. Highlights of this year’s efforts by the organization included working with police on issues affecting young people such as bullying, cyberbulling and sexting. The year also saw the NAACP partner with the League of Read more…
The Greater Terre Haute NAACP Branch has elected its officers for the next two years. Sylvester Edwards was elected president for a second term and will begin his two-year term Jan. 1. In a news release from the Greater Terre Haute NAACP, Edwards said he looks forward to leading the Read more…
An Indiana state historical marker in Merriweather’s honor will be placed on the campus of Indiana State University, from which she graduated during its years as Indiana State Normal School. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for 11:08 a.m. June 16 in the lawn between Hines and Sandison halls, north of Read more…
The Greater Terre Haute Chapter of the NAACP began discussions Monday about bringing the Vigo County display from a national lynching memorial to Terre Haute. Officially the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Montgomery, Alabama, site features 800 steel monuments – one for each U.S. county where lynchings of Read more…
The Greater Terre Haute NAACP branch invites the public to a program focused on food justice in the Wabash Valley and how the issues of economic justice, environmental justice and racial justice are being connected in the community. The program will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Read more…
Members of the Greater Terre Haute NAACP congregated in the Meadows Banquet Center Friday evening to celebrate 99 years of the branch’s history and to recognize five people for unwavering dedication to its cause. Read more from the Tribune-Star…
Members of the Terre Haute NAACP Education Committee will attend the Indiana State NAACP Conference on Saturday at Ivy Tech Community College, 50 West Fall Creek Parkway North Drive, in Indianapolis. Read more here!