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Jamestown to Jamestown was a pilgrimage trip for NAACP leaders, activists, entertainers and others. They traveled from Jamestown, Virginia, to Jamestown, Accra for the 400 year anniversary of the first documented enslaved Africans’ arrival in the United States. These are pictures of our first day in Accra, Ghana.  We were

The Rockbridge NAACP will be hosting its 2nd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at 6:00pm at Natural Bridge Hotel. Tickets can be purchased at Books & Co…Toys Too! in Lexington and at the Buena Vista Family Pharmacy in BV. You can also contact Terri Bsullak tbsullak@yahoo.com to

On Tuesday, May 14th 7-8:30 PM, the Racial Justice Issues Group of 50 Ways Rockbridge is hosting an encore book discussion on White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. The discussion will take place in the Fellowship Hall at Randolph Street United Methodist Church

Rev. McKinley Williams of Lexington First Baptist Church is organizing a bus trip to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. on Monday May 13.  The cost is $60.00 per person.  For more information please contact Rev. Williams at firstbaptistchurchlex@gmail.com        

Please consider attending a special seminar called The Root of Racism hosted by the Rockbridge NAACP, 50 Ways Rockbridge’s Racial Justice Issues Group and CARE Rockbridge. The event will be facilitated by Chanda McGuffin and will be held on April 27, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the

On Thursday, December 13, 2018 members of the Rockbridge NAACP provisional chapter gathered to elect their officers for a regular term of two years. With this act, our local chapter went from being “provisional” to a regular NAACP Chapter! Our newly elected officers are…. President–Reginald Early Vice President–Marquita Dunn Vice

As part of its commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and abolition of slavery in the United States, the Virginia Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission is constructing the Emancipation Proclamation and Freedom Monument on Brown’s Island in Richmond, Virginia. Donations are being requested to complete this

On Friday October 19, 2018 at the Natural Bridge Hotel over 200 guests– a sold out crowd– came out to honor Washington & Lee history professor (and hometown legend) Theodore C. Delaney Jr., be inspired by Virginia State Senator Jennifer McClellan, and enjoy the singing and dancing talents of local