N.A.A.C.P. Providence Branch
The Nation's OLDEST Civil Rights Organization
P.O. Box 5767, Providence, RI 02903 | (401) 521-6222
Our Mission
To ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
Coming Events
Saturday, 04/26/2008 · Rev Martin Luther King, Jr 40th Year Remembrance
The NAACP Providence Branch invites
Saturday, 06/07/2008 · Foreclosure Crisis Forum
The Foreclosure Crisis Forum
Saturday,
Thursday, 06/19/2008 · General Membership Meeting
Guest Speaker on New FCC
Ernest J. Gaines
SLAVERY IN RHODE ISLAND
By Keith Stokes, Exec. Director, Newport Chamber of Commerce
The American Slave Trade and Rhode Island share similar origins; Newport, Bristol, and to a lesser degree Providence, were among the most prosperous of colonial American seaports that saw unprecedented growth throughout the 18th century - mostly from the export and trade of rum, spermaceti candles, and slaves.
The first slaves arrived in Rhode Island somewhere around 1652, and the first documented slave ship was the Sea Flower arriving in Newport in 1696. As early as 1708 African slaves outnumbered indentured servants in Rhode Island eight to one. In fact, between 1705 and 1805, Rhode Island merchants sponsored at least 1,000 slaving voyages to West Africa and carried over 100,000 slaves back to America. Most of the slaves would come directly from what is today Ghana, but many others would also hail from Sierra Leone and Guinea. Rhode Island as an English Colony would deal almost exclusively with British slave forts along
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Notable Member Passings
Beatrice C. ManualRIDOC Announces Spring 2008 Correctional Officer Recruitment
CRANSTON, R.I. April 29, 2008 Men and women who are looking for a challenging career opportunity are invited to consider becoming a Correctional Officer. The Rhode Island Department of Corrections will launch the recruitment period for its next Correctional Officer Training Academy this
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Annual Membership Breakfast to Honor 40th Anniversary of King Death
The NAACP Providence Branch will host its 95th Life Membership Breakfast on Saturday, April 26, 2008 starting at 8:45 AM at the Riviera Inn, 580 North Broadway in East Providence, RI. This year's event is in honor of the 40th Year Remembrance of the death
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Black Police Group Elects New Leaders
The Board of Directors of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, Inc, during their recent Fall Education and Training Conference held in Somerville, MA, elected a local Rhode Island police officer, Lieut. Charles P. Wilson of the Rhode Island College Campus Police Department,
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In The News
- 07/22/2007 - NAACP Buries "N-Word"
- 05/06/2007 - NAACP-PROVIDENCE BRANCH PAYS TRIBUTE TO JACKIE ROBINSON BY HONORING MINORITY STUDENT ATHLETES
- 11/04/2006 - Vote YES on 1-2-9
- 11/04/2006 - NAACP Supports Tribe in Effort for Casino
- 09/20/2006 - PROVIDENCE NAACP FILES EEOC CHARGE ALLEGING CRANSTON, R.I. FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MINORITIES AND WOMEN
- 08/30/2006 - NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Dinner