Rachel Dolezal: A Timeline of the Ex-NAACP Leader's Transition From White to...
The confusing web of contradictions that led to accusations of racism and questions of racial identity appear to have resulted in the resignation of an NAACP leader in Spokane, Washington, who has now...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal accused of 'blackface' by adopted brother
Local NAACP chapter president told Ezra Dolezal not to ‘blow my cover’ when she began calling herself black after moving to Spokane, Buzzfeed New reports ...
View ArticleNAACP President Rachel Dolezal: Will She Step Down?
It appears that Dolezal concocted an elaborate back story in order to claim her blackness in the public eye. She has identified her younger brother Izaiah, adopted by Dolezal’s parents, as her oldest...
View ArticleCivil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, accused of lying about race, quits...
White parents ... Rachel Dolezal has stepped down as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP in Washington. Photo: AP Civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal posed as African-American, her white...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal steps down as local NAACP president after race controversy
Rachel Dolezal, who came under fire last week for misrepresenting her race while heading up a branch of the United States' oldest civil rights organization, has resigned as president of the Spokane,...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal's appearance is 'blackface,' brother says
(CNN)Ezra Dolezal says he didn't know how to respond the day he said his adopted sister took him aside and insisted he "not to blow her cover" about having a black father. On that day three years ago,...
View ArticleNAACP leader to address 'my family, my race, my credibility' on Monday
Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years. KHQ-TV in Spokane...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal Says She'll Address Race Questions at NAACP Meeting Monday
Share ABC US News | World News Copy Rachel Dolezal, the president of Spokane, Washington's NAACP chapter, said she will make a statement Monday regarding the "questions and assumptions swirling in...
View ArticleWhy Al Sharpton’s wrong about Rachel Dolezal’s parents
My first reaction to the story of Rachel Dolezal was the same as Al Sharpton’s: How could her parents turn her in like that? Dolezal resigned Monday as the NAACP leader in Spokane, Wash., just days...
View ArticleNAACP leader to speak Monday; parents say she lied about race
Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years. KHQ-TV in Spokane...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal's Father: 'Rachel Is Clearly White as We Are'
Share ABC US News | World News Copy The parents of Rachel Dolezal, the president of Spokane, Washington's NAACP chapter, say their daughter "has not explained to us why she has disguised herself and...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal resigns as Spokane NAACP chapter head amid claims she lied...
Rachel Dolezal, president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Wash., resigned Monday amid accusations that she is a white woman posing as a black woman. In a statement posted on the chapter's Facebook...
View ArticleNAACP leader Rachel Dolezal resigns from Washington chapter
Rachel Dolezal, the leader of the Spokane, Washington NAACP chapter has resigned amid furor over racial identity, according to the organization. lRelated US & World NewsSpokane NAACP leader Rachel...
View Article'I identify as black,' Rachel Dolezal says in NBC interview
Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP Spokane leader at the center of a controversy over her claim to be African American, said Tuesday she had viewed herself as black since childhood and was being attacked...
View ArticleSpokane ethics probe faults Rachel Dolezal in her role on commission
Rachel Dolezal, who was forced to step down as head of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Wash., amid allegations that she lied about her race, violated city ethics policy while serving on a police...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal's story, a study of race and identity, gets 'crazier and crazier'
Rachel Dolezal has sparked a national conversation about some of the most sensitive issues in American life — race, gender, identity and cultural inheritance. Chances are, however, it is not the...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal sued Howard University in 2002, said it favored black students
The former NAACP leader accused of being a white woman pretending to be black once sued a historically black university for racial discrimination, claiming Howard University favored black students over...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal to respond to accusations she lied about being black
Rachel Dolezal has remained mostly quiet about accusations that she has been posing as a black woman in her role as president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Wash. For the first time, she will respond...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal's Parents Tell Her: 'We Hope You'll Get the Help You Need'
Share ABC US News | World News Copy The parents of embattled Spokane, Washington’s NAACP chapter president Rachel Dolezal say they are speaking out about their daughter’s confusing race identity...
View ArticleSpokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal, whose parents say she lied about her...
Tampa Bay Times Saturday, June 13, 2015 3:16pm SPOKANE, Wash. — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal: NAACP comments on civil rights leader who lied about race
The NAACP released a statement about Rachel Dolezal, the president of the Spokane, Washington branch whose parents say was lying about her race. Meanwhile, city officials say they plan to investigate....
View ArticleWho is Rachel Dolezal, the local NAACP leader accused of lying about her race?
Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane, Washington, chapter of the NAACP, is under fire for apparently misrepresenting her race while heading a branch of the United States' oldest civil rights...
View ArticleCivil rights activist Rachel Dolezal pretending to be black, parents say
Controversy has erupted over the racial identity of an NAACP leader in Washington state after her parents told media outlets their daughter is white and has been pretending to be black for years....
View ArticleCivil rights activist Rachel Dolezal posed as African-American, her white...
US civil rights activist Rachel Dolezal, centre, has falsely portrayed herself as black for years, according to her white parents. Photo: AP The parents of a civil rights activist in Spokane,...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal's white parents say Spokane NAACP president not African-American
Rachel Dolezal, who is a leader in the NAACP, is not African-American as she has led people to believe. She was born to parents who were both white and they've recently revealed this to the media....
View ArticleNAACP president Rachel Dolezal claimed to be black when she's white
Rachel Dolezal is the president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the NAACP. She has been passing herself off as a black woman. On Thursday, however, her parents – Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal - say...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal, NAACP Leader, Questioned About Race as Parents Reportedly Say...
Share ABC US News | World News Copy Authorities in Spokane, Washington, are investigating whether a civil rights advocate misrepresented her race when applying for the city’s Office of Police Ombudsman...
View ArticleNAACP Stands Behind Chapter President Rachel Dolezal, Whose Parents...
Share ABC US News | World News Copy The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is standing behind Rachel Dolezal, the president of Spokane, Washington's NAACP chapter, after reports...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal, Civil Rights Advocate, Questioned About Her Race
Authorities in Spokane, Washington, are investigating whether a civil rights advocate misrepresented her race when applying for the city’s Office of Police Ombudsman Commission. Rachel Dolezal, 37,...
View ArticleSpokane police close investigation of alleged Rachel Dolezal hate mail
On Friday, the Spokane, Washington, police department closed an investigation of racial harassment made by Rachel Dolezal, the recently-elected NAACP chapter president who was outed by her parents as...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal strikes defiant tone over ethnicity: 'I consider myself to be...
President of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, adds in interview with Sky News she did not ‘give two shits’ what her parents said about her ethnicity ...
View ArticleNAACP releases statement defending Rachel Dolezal
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People posted a statement on its website to address the growing controversy surrounding NAACP Spokane Branch President Rachel Dolezal. It was...
View ArticleFamily says Spokane NAACP head falsely portrays herself as black
Controversy is swirling around one of the Spokane region's most prominent civil rights activists, with family members saying the local leader of the NAACP has falsely portrayed herself as black for...
View ArticleNAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Allegedly Faked Being A Black Woman For Years
The race of a Washington state NAACP leader has come under scrutiny after the woman's family told the press she has been falsely presenting herself as a black woman for years. Rachel Dolezal, 37, is...
View ArticlePolice halt probe into Rachel Dolezal's harassment claims
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) -- Police in eastern Washington say they're no longer investigating racial harassment claims made by Rachel Dolezal, the head of a local NAACP chapter whose integrity was thrown...
View ArticleRace of Rachel Dolezal, head of Spokane NAACP, comes under question
(CNN)The racial identity of one of the most prominent faces in Spokane, Washington's black community is under question after her parents produced a birth certificate that showed she is white. Rachel...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal, Head of Spokane NAACP, Accused of Lying About Her Race
Rachel Dolezal's parents have come forward to say their daughter, a prominent civil rights activist, has spent years lying about her race. While serving as president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of...
View ArticleSpokane's NAACP leader would not be first to pass herself off as black
Anyone who has been near a computer, TV or any electronic gadget is probably familiar with the strange story of Rachel Dolezal, the NAACP leader in Spokane, Wash., who is being accused of faking being...
View ArticleParents of NAACP leader say she lied about her race
Share PhotoReddit✉ FILE - In this July 24, 2009, file photo, Rachel Dolezal, a leader of the Human Rights Education Institute, stands in front of a mural she painted at the institute's offices in...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal Is Asked About Father's Race in Interview with ABC's Spokane...
Share ABC US News | World News Copy Rachel Dolezal, the president of Spokane, Washington's NAACP chapter, has been in the spotlight ever since she walked away mid-interview from ABC affiliate KXLY in...
View ArticleNAACP says leaders can come from any background
NAACP officials responded Friday to questions about the racial identity of the woman who runs a local Washington state chapter by saying the organization's leaders can come from any background. Rachel...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal Still Maintains She Be Identified As Black – Says She Never...
Speaking over a month after her parents revealed Rachel Dolezal was born white, the civil rights activist and artist declared that she still identifies herself as black. She shared publicly during an...
View ArticleNAACP leader to speak Monday; parents say she lied on race
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years,...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal: 'I didn’t mislead anybody; I didn’t deceive anybody'
Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader who resigned last month after being accused of lying about her race, doesn't think she deceived anyone by representing herself as black. "I just feel like I...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal Says She Will Address Furor Over Racial Identity On Monday
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years,...
View ArticleMSNBC's Al Sharpton questions motives of Rachel Dolezal's parents
In a video posted to TMZ.com on Saturday, MSNBC host Al Sharpton attacked the parents of Spokane NAACP president Rachel Dolezal. As we reported Friday, it was Dolezal's parents who revealed that she is...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal resigns, according to letter on NAACP Facebook page
(CNN)The president of the NAACP Spokane, Washington, chapter Rachel Dolezal has resigned, according to a letter from her which was posted Monday on the NAACP Spokane Facebook page. Dolezal did not...
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