California NAACP backs marijuana ballot measure
|
Posted By: autumn cade on July 06, 2010 The California NAACP has endorsed a November ballot measure to legalize adult recreational use of marijuana, calling the measure a civil rights issue because blacks have a disproportionate number of arrests for marijuana possession compared with whites. Accompanied by other African American leaders in California, the president of the state NAACP, Alice Huffman, said the current prohibition on marijuana has led to the criminalizing of young people and consequently has hampered the ability of many African Americans to prosper. The organization is the most mainstream statewide entity to endorse the marijuana measure, Proposition 19, to date. "This is not a war on the drug lords, this is a war against young men and women of color," Huffman said, adding later that, "Once a young person is arrested and brought under the justice system, he or she is more likely to get caught in the criminal justice system again, further wasting tax dollars." Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?... If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
 |
autumn cade
Cal St Univ, Long Beach class of 2015 Member Since June 2010 |
More From This Author
Latest News
 |
Online Master's in Organizational Leadership: Education Leadership TrackLeadership for the future of education Education is changing fast and its leaders need more than good instincts. Brown's online Master of Science in Organizational Leadership now offers an Education L ...more
Reginald Claremont • 311 Views • October 8th, 2026 |
 |
Black Girl Vitamins Brings Its Homecoming of Health Tour to HBCU Campuses This FallBlack Girl Vitamins is celebrating HBCU homecoming season by bringing wellness education, self-care resources, and interactive experiences directly to students and alumni at some of the nation's most ...more
Reginald Claremont • 155 Views • October 8th, 2026 |
 |
Delaware State University Nears 7,000 Students as Fall Enrollment Outpaces Last Year's RecordDelaware State University is approaching a record 7,000 students this fall, with enrollment up nearly 40% since 2020 and the largest in-state freshman class in school history. ...more
Roger The Great • 198 Views • October 7th, 2026 |
 |
Byron Allen's Allen Media Group/HBCU GO Announces 2027 Basketball ScheduleAllen Media Group's free-streaming digital and television platform, HBCU GO – the leading media provider for the nation's 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – will tip off its 20 ...more
Reginald Claremont • 162 Views • October 7th, 2026 |
Popular News
 |
Louisiana Upholds Life Sentence to Black Man For Stealing Hedge Trimmers in 1997While this may not be HBCU related news, as an AFrican American male, I had to share this appalling decision by the Louisiana court system to keep a man in jail with a life sentence for such a petty c ...more
Roger The Great • 405,962 Views • August 6th, 2020 |
 |
Blonde Instagram Model Goes Viral for Graduating from HBCU and Pledging Delta Sigma Theta!A blonde woman is going viral this morning, for graduating from A Historically Black College while pledging a Black sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated.
@Blonde_HBCU
The woman, an IG ...more
Roger The Great • 190,280 Views • November 30th, 2020 |
 |
Apple to Invest over $40 Million Dollars into HBCUs - Time to major in Computer Science!!!On Tuesday Johnny C. Taylor, President and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund stopped by “NewsOne Now” to make a major announcement that could literally change the lives of thousands of HBCU st ...more
Roger The Great • 131,077 Views • March 11th, 2015 |
 |
North Carolina HBCU Unity DayShaw University - Elizabeth City State University - Johnson C. Smith University - Fayetteville State University - Livingstone College - North Carolina A&T State University - North Carolina Central Uni ...more
Reginald Claremont • 118,404 Views • August 8th, 2016 |
 |
Black Billionaire Robert F. Smith to Donate $50 Million to Support STEM Students at HBCUsThe Student Freedom Initiative announced today a $50 million personal gift from Robert F. Smith, philanthropist and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. This gift matches the initial fu ...more
Roger The Great • 86,676 Views • October 22nd, 2020 |
