Understand Your Rights
Resources
The NAACP offers vital resources to fight injustice, including Legal Redress for civil rights violations, tools to report education discrimination, and support for the Restoration of Rights for formerly incarcerated individuals. These services empower communities, ensure accountability, and promote equal access to justice, education, and democratic participation for all.
Legal Redress
Nationally, the NAACP Legal Department maintains an active docket of Civil Rights cases, frequently in conjunction with a team of cooperating lawyers around the nation. These lawyers work daily in the courts alongside the Legal Department to address civil rights violations and forge the way in the fight to prevent the erosion of civil rights law across our nation.
The Culpeper Branch #7058 Legal Redress Committee is responsible for investigating all reported incidents submitted to the branch. The Committee assists our residents and employees in obtaining relief for discriminate acts in Culpeper, Madison and Rappahannock Counties in the commonwealth of Virginia. We will carefully evaluate each complaint for evidence of racial, employment, education or housing discrimination. The committee does not offer legal advice or legal representation. Instead, the committee serves as a liaison between individuals needing help and organizations offering quality legal services in our communities. If you need immediate legal assistance, please contact a local attorney.
Report Education Discrimination
The NAACP-Culpeper Branch 7058 Education Committee assists our residents in finding help and support and, when appropriate, in taking action in response to school-based discriminatory incidents in Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock Counties. Please use the following form; someone will contact you as soon as possible.
Restoration of Rights
The Constitution of Virginia gives the Governor the sole discretion to restore civil rights, not including firearm rights. Individuals seeking restoration of their civil rights are encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s office.
Each person must file an application which will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
For more information, visit this link.
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Other Resources
Statement on Confederate Symbols
Read our statement on the display of Confederate monuments, flags, and symbols, as well as our recent statement in response to the installation of a “Confederate Heritage Month” billboard along Route 29.
Support Local Black Businesses
Support Black-owned businesses in our Piedmont region!
Culpeper County
Action Group Inc. Concrete Construction
Aliese Blessings in a Basket
Creative Hands Hair Salon
Empowered Coaching with Shelly Tutt
Jazz Performance On-Site Car/Equipment Repair
JLC Plus Lawn Care
J Slay Hair & Beauty
KLR Financial Solutions
Lawson Development Group Residential Construction
Millers Tree & Landscape
Price and Price Cleaning Services LLC
Residential Glass
Sanford & Sons Construction LLC
Speedy Splash (Warrenton)
Veeney’s Family Grill Food Truck
Vogue Six Hair Salon
Yamap African Hair Braiding Salon
Madison County
Ferris Landscaping Plans & Designs LLC
Rappahannock County
Statement on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
The NAACP Culpeper Branch recognizes the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and practices, especially in educational environments.Read our NAACP Culpeper Statement on DEIAin response to anti-DEIA misinformation.
Community Partners and Organizations
The NAACP Culpeper Branch is grateful for the many partnerships and resources we have within Culpeper, Madison, and Rappahannock counties, and throughout the state. These include businesses, public agencies, and local non-profits. These include:
- African American Heritage Alliance
- Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia
- Carver 4-County Museum
- CDR Resources
- Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce
- Culpeper County Library
- Culpeper Human Services
- Encompass Community Supports
- Fredericksburg Area Museum
- George Washington Carver Regional High School Alumni Association
- Madison County African American Historical Association
- Madison County Chamber of Commerce
- Minority and Veteran Farmers of the Piedmont
- Montpelier/The Smith Center for the Constitution
- Moton Museum
- Piedmont Race Amity Project
- Right the Record
- Shades of Wellness
- Museum of Culpeper History
- Wayland Blue Ridge Baptist Association