Five-part series will bring residents, experts and community leaders together to address environmental justice, health, housing and neighborhood resilience September 4, 2026 - JACKSON, Miss. — The Jackson Branch NAACP, in partnership with the Jackson Association of Neighborhoods, will launch ReBUILDing Jackson, a five-part Community Workshop Series designed to equip Jackson residents with information, resources and practical tools to address some of the most persistent challe

The Jackson City Branch NAACP is urging Mississippi voters to understand the SHIELD Act, verify their voter status, and remain vigilant about changes that could affect access to the ballot. The SHIELD Act creates a new process for identifying people suspected of being noncitizens on Mississippi’s voter rolls, including the use of federal citizenship data. Voting rights advocates have raised concerns that database errors or mismatched information could cause eligible citizens

2026 Banquet Photos | Captured by Cole' September 1, 2026 - The Jackson City Branch NAACP will host its 98th Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 6 p.m. at the historic M.W. Stringer Grand Lodge, located at 1072 J.R. Lynch Street in Jackson. Presented under the theme “Year of Medgar,” this year’s banquet will honor the life, courage and enduring legacy of Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers. The program will connect Evers’ unfinished w

Media Contact: jacksoncitynaacp@gmail.com or Rep. Zakiya Summers at (601) 955-9761 Jackson, MS - The Jackson City NAACP invites you to a critical Voting Rights Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, March 5 at 6:00 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, located at 1072 John R. Lynch Street in Jackson, Mississippi. The parking lot can be accessed behind the Masonic Temple on Cleary Street. At a time when voting rights are under constant attack and key protections of the Voting Rights Act are bei