Summary
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washington, D.C. A year...
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the nation's oldest and most influential civil rights organization representing African-Americans. Its name, retained in accord with tradition, is one of the last surviving uses of the term "colored people." The NAACP is run nationally by a 64-member board of directors led by a chairman. The board elects one person as the president and chief executive officer for the organization. Departments within the NAACP govern its activities and oversee local chapters. Previously based in New York, the organization moved its headquarters to Baltimore in 1986. NAACP leaders announced their intention in 2006 to relocate to Washington, D.C. A year later those plans were put on hold because of lackluster fundraising. During the 1990s, the NAACP struggled with financial problems, leading to the dismissal of two top officials -- the Rev. Benjamin Chavis as executive director and William Gibson as board chairman. Bruce S. Gordon became the group's president and chief executive officer in 2005 following the resignation of Kweisi Mfume, a former five-term Democratic Congressman from Maryland who had headed the organization for nine years. Gordon resigned in March 2007. Civil rights movement activist and former Georgia state representative Julian Bond remains as chairman.
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Obama vs Jesse: not just jealousy?
The Swampby Frank James The ever thoughtful Shelby Steele has an interesting take on why Jesse Jackson obviously isn't feeling Sen. Barack Obama the way so many other African Americans are. The editors of The Wall Street Journal's op-ed page gave......Tags: Jesse Jackson, National or Ethnic Minorities, Martin Luther King Jr., Booker T. Washington, Civil Rights
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Teen Pleads For Governor's Help In Assault Probe
The Hartford CourantNashawn Williams climbed the stairs of the state Capitol today with a plea for the governor. It had been nine months since Williams, 17, was beaten up in Plainfield -- targeted, his family believes, because he is black. No one has been arrested in the...Tags: Jodi Rell, Government, Civil Rights, Chris Cooper, Plainfield
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Rell's Help Sought In Alleged Racist Beating
Courant Staff WriterNashawn Williams climbed the stairs of the state Capitol Tuesday with a plea for the governor. It had been nine months since Williams, 17, was beaten up in Plainfield — targeted, his family believes, because he is black. No one has been arrested in...Tags: Jodi Rell, Government, Civil Rights, Chris Cooper, Plainfield
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On schools, Obama is enemy of change
I know, because admirers of Sen. Barack Obama tell me, that this year's election poses a choice between a candidate who represents a fresh approach to problems and one who offers a dreary continuation of the status quo. That much I understand. What I...Tags: John McCain, University of Chicago, Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Elections
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Va. to unveil memorial to civil rights pioneers
Political and civil rights leaders are gathering on the state Capitol grounds to dedicate a memorial to Virginia civil rights icons. They include a group of Prince Edward County teens who became unlikely heroes after they walked out of Farmville's...Tags: Civil Rights, Julian Bond
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NAACP seeks federal probe in Ansonia
The president of the Ansonia chapter of the NAACP wants federal officials to investigate the treatment of a black police officer accused of stealing a garden hose from the police department. Officer Mustafa Salahuddin was arrested July 15 and is charged...Tags: Rubber Products Industry, Law Enforcement, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Government, Ansonia
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Officials, family members unveil Virginia Civil Rights Memorial
804-225-7345The newest monument on Capitol Square recalls the fight for racial justice and a crusade that began on April 23, 1951. At least that's how history records it. For Roderick Johns, the memory is much more vivid. It starts with a burning cross. That...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Government, Tourism and Leisure, Civil Rights, Julian Bond
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Find the will to do what works
This will be the last What Works column. I reserve the right to report occasionally on any program I run across that shows results in saving the lives and futures of African-American kids. But this is the last in the series I started 19 months ago to...Tags: Family, Marvin Gaye
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New capitol memorial honors Brown v. Board struggles
804-225-7345As songs and smiles overshadowed a tragic past, political leaders and activists unveiled the Virginia Civil Rights Memorial in a ceremony Monday on Capitol Square. The monument honors the struggle that began on April 23, 1951, when 16-year-old Barbara...Tags: Labor Disputes, Injuries, Timothy M. Kaine, Tourism and Leisure, Civil Rights
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Naked Ambition
Spin CycleWhich was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. Gov. David A. Paterson, who???s called New York???s accidental governor, asking his audience at the NAACP: ???Why was this non-illustrious title held all these years for me????........Tags: Osama bin Laden, John McCain, Joseph Crowley, Government, Executive Branch
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