Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP
172 W. Van Buren Battle Creek Michigan 49037 269-963-8805
Battle Creek Branch President from: Roberta H. Cribbs President Welcome Freedom Fighters to the website of the Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP. It is our hope and intent to inform our community of all the efforts and initiatives of the Battle Creek Branch of the NAACP. We want you to be informed and be a part of the progress of freedom, justice and equity here in Battle Creek Michigan.
2009-2010 BC The Battle Creek Senior Branch of the NAACP recently held its election of Officers and Executive Committee members for the 2008 and 2010 calendar year. The installation was performed by Past President Emily Word at the December 2008 Executive Committee Meeting. To view the newly elected officers and committee members for 2009-2010 click here _____________________________________________
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NAACP OFFICERS 
FROM OUR NATIONAL PRESIDENT AND NAACP's ACROSS AMERICA
I witnessed President Barack Obama complete his first State of the Union address. Sitting there the House chambers, I was humbled by how far we have come as a nation. The president's address was a testimony to the power of we: we, who dared to dream that breaking the centuries-old color barrier, even at the lofty heights of the White House was possible; we, who continue to fight for expanding voting rights; we, who battle tirelessly every election to maximize voter participation and minimize voter intimidation. We who struggled to guarantee that every vote cast will indeed be counted. President Obama's State of the Union address is a paean to those who have joined together throughout history to change our country for the better. Predatory lenders, profit-driven health care CEOs, and those business leaders who would see our country and our families go bankrupt before they would pay their own way are committed to funding a fierce battle for the status quo. The Supreme Court has unleashed unlimited amounts of corporate dollars into the political landscape with its ruling this month on campaign finance reform, money sure to undercut and distort the real priorities of our democracy. President Obama has vowed to fight. He has pledged to reverse the worst impact of the Supreme Court decision. Yet without each of us fully engaged, billions of dollars will be harnessed to crush his agenda and those who support it for simply daring to do the people's will. Still, we can win. Organized and educated people ultimately trump misdirected money. But without you and all your friends and neighbors back on the battlefield, harnessing the power of we, there is no guarantee progress will continue. Like every great wave, the one that made it possible for an African-American family to live in the White House must be regenerated, or it will ebb. More importantly, our communities' and families' fates, which are in perilous condition, will ebb with it. Frederick Douglass said, "If there is no struggle there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet depreciate agitation…want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters…. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
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DID YOU KNOW...HERE IN BATTLE CREEK ?
S In September 1999, a 12 foot bronze statue of Sojourner Truth was unveiled in the City of Battle Creek commemorating her legacy of Truth and Freedom for All. To read more on Sojourner Truth click here | The NAACP was founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private |
ojourner Truth was the first woman, civil rights activist in our community. In Battle Creek, the NAACP and the City of Battle Creek, paid a special tribute to Sojourner Truth. Sojourner Truth is known nationally for her fight against slavery and the womens suffrage movement. She came to Battle Creek Michigan in the late 1850's calling Battle Creek, Michigan home. She spent her last 26 years here, Her memorial grave lays in Oakhill Cemetery. 