Bishop James Dixon, II
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NAACP Houston Branch Position On City of Houston Proposed Picketing Ordinance
Protecting the First Amendment of the Constitution requires defending free speech and the rights to peaceful protest. All significant civil rights, human rights and social justice organizations align on the fact that protecting the First Amendment is key to preserving a functioning democracy.
NAACP Houston Condemns Attempted Assassination of Former President Donald Trump
The NAACP Houston Branch issues a resolute statement condemning the recent attempted assassination of Former President and Current Presidential Candidate Donald Trump. This violent act, described as an embodiment of deranged evil, is unequivocally denounced by the Houston NAACP, echoing sentiments expressed by its national leadership.
“The Supreme Court Is On The Wrong Side of History”
Today’s Anti-Affirmative Action opinion issued by the U.S Supreme Court is a dark victory for extremists. A departure from the values embodied in our Declaration of Independence and Constitution which supported the executive orders of President Kennedy in March 1961 and President Johnson in September 1965. This ruling declares that all men and women are not created equal and advances the agenda of supremacist ideology. More irreverently, it undermines the sacrifices, lynchings, assassinations, and struggles of those who paid such a high price for freedom and civil rights.
“Thanksgiving without food would be hard to bear”
Hope Over Hunger feeds thousands today, November 16, 2022. With the rise in food cost, and everything else essential for life, food during Thanksgiving will be a challenge for many Houston families. But thankfully the Community of Faith Church is distributing enough food for 2,000 people.
"Come, Let Us Reason Together”
The battle over election laws has become too partisan, too political, and too personal. I am personally deeply disturbed by the widening chasm between Texans and citizens in Harris County. I speak for more than myself when I say that the “Us vs. Them” mindset is going too far. Frankly, we are becoming decisively divided. At a critical moment, Abraham Lincoln declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Long before that, the same words were spoken by an even wiser leader and written in scripture (Mark 3: 24-25).
