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May 2—ROCHESTER — The Rochester Branch of the NAACP created a fundraiser for the family of the child who had racial slurs directed toward him at the local park, according to a GoFundMe campaign.
The Rochester branch of the NAACP is calling for charges to be filed after a racist incident at a park in Rochester, Minnesota, that's now getting national attention and drawing criticism from the ...
On Thursday, the Rochester NAACP released the statement of the family while also calling for "swift and transparent legal action" due to the incident. "According to video evidence, an adult white ...
The Rochester NAACP hosted the 20th annual Juneteenth celebration at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Rochester on Saturday.
The Rochester branch of the NAACP, in collaboration with Barbershop Talk and the Rochester Civic Theatre hosted a community town hall event addressing racism on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Rochester.
On Tuesday, May 13, the Rochester NAACP confirmed that the third of three families claiming to be the victim in a racial slur incident is, in fact, the correct one, as initially reported by 5 ...
Last Thursday, the family of the 5-year-old boy believed to be the actual victims of the racial slur contacted representatives of the Rochester branch of the NAACP. The Rochester branch leadership ...
At the event, a leader of the Rochester chapter of the NAACP read a statement from the family. It has now come to light that the organization was put in touch with the wrong family.
Several people were on the panel, including Rochester NAACP President Wale Elegbede and Mayor Kim Norton. The video shows a man confronting a woman, Shiloh Hendrix, for calling the boy a slur at a ...