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Stevens speaks at MLK Jr. celebration hosted by NAACP Washington

As a student at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1960s, Tim Stevens was among a group of students who drove Martin Luther King Jr. from Pittsburgh Airport to the Pitt campus, where the civil rights leader was scheduled to speak. On Sunday, more than a half-century later, Stevens – who ...

Washington’s Juneteenth celebration draws community, inspires youth

Members of the Washington community gathered Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth at LeMoyne Community Center in Washington. The celebration, co-hosted by the NAACP Washington branch and LeMoyne Community Center, featured performances, speakers, vendors, activities, and a variety of foods. The ...

Pratt delivers keynote address at NAACP Human Rights Award Banquet

A. Michael Pratt is bewildered. Pratt, an attorney and Chair of the Philadelphia Litigation practice of Greenberg Traurig who graduated from Washington & Jefferson College and Harvard Law School, delivered a riveting keynote address at the 64th annual Washington NAACP Human Rights ...

Waller named recipient of Washington NAACP Human Rights Award

More than six decades after her father, Louis E. Waller - a giant in the fight for civil rights in Washington County - re-launched the Washington NAACP branch, Phyllis Waller received the branch’s Human Rights Award at its 64th annual banquet at the DoubleTree by Hilton Inn. Waller has ...