Thank you for speaking out with me against biased coverage and lack of diversity!

The NAACP's had a busy week!

In 55 cities, from Jacksonville and Myrtle Beach to Boston and Detroit, NAACP members like you met with Fox TV station managers to demand they pressure Fox owner Rupert Murdoch to make concrete plans for putting an end to racially biased coverage and lack of diversity at his New York Post newspaper and Fox News.

"Make Murdoch Fix it" was the rallying cry of NAACP members who were joined by faith leaders, elected officials and community leaders to demand changes. In Lansing, James Gill, the second VP of the Michigan State Conference, and others met with the station manager at WSYM-FOX. In Dayton, 10 members of the Wilberforce University and University of Dayton college chapters delivered a letter to the manager of Fox affiliate WRGT. Atlanta, Greenville, North Charleston, Raleigh/Durham, Tulsa, and San Antonio also saw action!

NAACP supporters also sent more than 25,000 emails to Mr. Murdoch.

The action was sparked by a February 18 New York Post cartoon that showed police officers having shot dead a monkey that supposedly represented the author of the $800 billion stimulus package. As Roger Vann, our senior VP of field operations and membership, explained, the racist cartoon "outraged our members by comparing African Americans to primates. And it sullied police officers at a time when many communities are torn by suspicious police killings of young African American men."

In addition to the nationwide actions, the NAACP has been lobbying successfully in Washington to help pass key legislation, including the economic stimulus package and the Lilly Ledbetter equal-pay-for-women act. We also worked hard to ensure the confirmation of America's first African American attorney general, Eric Holder.

I want to thank you for standing with us and allowing us to have a strong voice to speak out against racism and for the changes we need.

Sincerely,

Benjamin Todd Jealous
President and CEO
NAACP