Highlights
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 Washingt...
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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Former felons now have right to vote
The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland applauds The Baltimore Sun's editorial warning about "scams" that could deter voters from coming to the polls ("Voter beware," Oct. 1) and would like to highlight yet another "scam"- this one coming from some...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union
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Black Civil War colonel's dream town celebrates 100 years of civil rights inspiration
Associated Press WriterALLENSWORTH, Calif. (AP) _ Spirals of alkaline dust swirl across the hardpan where a century ago 300 black Americans planted alfalfa and corn hoping racial tolerance would take root. They were led to this remote place by escaped slave Allen Allensworth,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, National or Ethnic Minorities, Gardens and Parks, Baptist, Booker T. Washington
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Gay marriage isn't the thing we should fear
Sentinel ColumnistIn news of the day, a majority of Floridians are prepared to tell everybody else how to live their lives. The Florida Marriage Protection Amendment question will ask voters Nov. 4 to recognize only the "legal union of only one man and one woman as...Tags: Election Day, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Minority Groups, Sex
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Brief profiles of U.S. House District 23 candidates Hastings, Thorpe
U.S. House District 23 Marion Thorpe Jr. Personal: 44, divorced, one daughter Education: M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Professional: Physician Political: First run for office Civic: Chairman of Medicaid Reform Advocate Coalition...Tags: University of South Florida, Lower House, National or Ethnic Minorities, Colleges and Universities, Clubs and Associations
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NAACP offers ways to report poll rumors
The NAACP of Baltimore has created an e-mail address and a phone number for people to report rumors they've heard about restrictions at the polls. Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, president of the Baltimore branch of the National Association for the Advancement... -
NAACP to probe rumors of polling place restrictions
The Associated PressThe NAACP of Baltimore has created an e-mail address and a phone number for people to report rumors they've heard about various restrictions at the polls. Marvin "Doc" Cheatham, the president of the Baltimore City branch of the NAACP, says the group will...Tags: Civil Rights
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Voter beware
With less than five weeks before the Nov. 4 presidential elections, organized campaigns to disenfranchise large swaths of the electorate are popping up like evil weeds across the country, especially in the crucial battleground states likely to decide...Tags: Elections, National or Ethnic Minorities, Republican National Conventions, Minority Groups, Political Candidates
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Palm Beach County: Complaint cites unfair punishment
Palm Beach County students with documented behavioral or emotional disabilities are not getting the academic or emotional services they need and are instead being unfairly punished for behaviors that are due to their disabilities, according to a complaint...Tags: Palm Beach County School District, Hillsborough County, Florida State University, Palm Beach County
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Push to register felons to vote could aid Obama
Associated Press WritersUndaunted by the heat, James Bailey spent his late-summer afternoons walking Virginia's bleakest neighborhoods on the hunt for ex-cons--each a potential voter who might cast the decisive ballot in this hotly contested state. Finding them isn't the...Tags: Corporate Crime, Voting, National or Ethnic Minorities, Executive Branch, Civil Rights
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Community events
Yorktown Wine Festival 2008: The Best of Virginia in Yorktown, will be held 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday on Riverwalk Landing in Yorktown. The event will showcase Virginia wineries. Proceeds will benefit the York County Historical Museum. Cost: $25. For more...Tags: George Washington, Gardens and Parks, Heritage Humane Society, Office Needs, Fishing
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NAACP branch to hold committee election
The Newport News branch of the NAACP will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. During that time, the Nominating Committee will make its report, nominations by petition will be received, and there will be an election of the Election Supervisory Committee. All members...Tags: Elections, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Political Candidates
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Manslaughter cases dropped against last 2 Bourbon St. bouncers in death of Ga. student
Associated Press WriterNEW ORLEANS (AP) _ Prosecutors dropped manslaughter charges Wednesday against the last two Bourbon Street bouncers accused of suffocating a visiting Georgia college student after a dispute about getting into a French Quarter karaoke bar on New Year's...Tags: Lawyers, New Year's, Prosecution, Civil Rights, Robert L Freeman
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