{"id":381984,"date":"2026-08-26T21:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381984\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T21:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:58:40","slug":"jacksonville-naacp-earns-top-national-honors-free-press-of-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/381984\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville NAACP Earns Top National Honors \u2013 Free Press of Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nNAACP President Isiah Rumlin and Joseph Maceo George<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>NAACP President Isiah Rumlin and Joseph Maceo George<\/p>\n

The Jacksonville Branch NAACP received one of the organization\u2019s highest national honors during the 117th NAACP National Convention in Chicago, earning the prestigious Dr. Ross Thalheimer Award for outstanding civil rights advocacy, grassroots organizing, education and community empowerment.<\/p>\n

The branch was recognized in part for its \u201cAsk A Lawyer\u201d program, a free monthly legal clinic that connects residents with professional guidance on issues including housing instability, financial exploitation and potential civil rights violations. The clinic is offered on the third Saturday of each month through the branch\u2019s Legal Redress Committee.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville NAACP member Joseph Maceo George also received the Benjamin L. Hooks \u201cKeeper of the Flame\u201d Award, recognizing his longtime grassroots leadership and work advancing civil rights and equity within the labor movement.<\/p>\n

Jacksonville Branch President Isaiah Rumlin called the honors a testament to the work of the organization\u2019s members, volunteers and community partners.<\/p>\n

The national convention brought together thousands of civil rights advocates, organizers, youth leaders and policymakers, with Jacksonville emerging among branches recognized for their impact at the local level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NAACP President Isiah Rumlin and Joseph Maceo George NAACP President Isiah Rumlin and Joseph Maceo George The Jacksonville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-381984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}