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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Community events
The 26th Annual Bay Days will take place today through Sunday. The schedule is noon- 10 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday and noon- 6 p.m. Sunday. Both festival and musical entertainment admissions are free, though a fee will be charged for some...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity, Armed Forces, Office Needs, Alzheimer's Disease
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Groups protest DNA collection law
The Legislative Black Caucus and civil rights activists criticized yesterday Gov. Martin O'Malley's plan for implementing a new program for collecting DNA samples from crime suspects, accusing the administration of turning its back on hard-fought...Tags: Delores G Kelley, National or Ethnic Minorities, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, Laws
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Marylanders helped pave the way for Obama's journey
Sen. Barack Obama is the Democratic Party's presidential nominee by virtue of his own talent, but he stands on the shoulders of Americans who built, over many decades, a more welcoming social and political landscape in this country. At a party before Mr....Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements, Nancy Pelosi
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NAACP approves 3-year contract for new president
The national board of directors of the NAACP overwhelmingly approved a three-year contract yesterday for Benjamin Todd Jealous, its new president. Jealous, 35, who was not present when the board members voted at the BWI Marriott Hotel, later joined them...Tags: Julian Bond, Government, Contracts, National Government
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Historic 'Little Liberia' Homes Face Foreclosure
Community activists and preservation experts are fighting Bridgeport's plans to foreclose on two historic homes that once stood in the heart of the city's "Little Liberia" settlement. The Freeman houses, said to be among the earliest homes built by black...Tags: State Budgets, Foreclosures, Bill Finch
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Fest organizers are rednecks, not red-faced
Of The Morning CallWhen Weissport Councilman Tommy McEvilly came up with the theme for this weekend's festival, he was shooting for something different and fun that could raise money for his cash-poor borough of 434 people. He never thought his Redneck Festival would...Tags: Festive Event, Jeff Foxworthy, Vehicles, Heavy Engineering, Racism
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45 years later, Obama carries on King vision
One was a Quaker, a nurse involved in the civil rights movement, sitting among the tens of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. One was a New Yorker who had made a last-minute pilgrimage. Another was a seminary classmate of the Rev. Martin...Tags: Christianity, Barack Obama, Baptist, Society, History
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NAACP to honor Orange school-integration pioneers
Sentinel Staff WriterORLANDO The eight families who sued 40 years ago to integrate Orange County schools will be honored by the Orange branch of the NAACP at its 53rd Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Rosen Centre Hotel, 9840 International Drive. The event,...Tags: International Drive, Bethune-Cookman University
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A "Jena 6" Student Allowed To Play Football At Georgia Highschool
The Georgia High School Association has granted a hardship waiver to a "Jena 6" student, making him eligible to play football for Shaw High School in Columbus this season. The association on Monday waived its eight-semester rule for Robert Bailey Jr....Tags: Robert Bailey, Clubs and Associations
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UCLA accused of illegal admissions practices
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterArguing that UCLA admissions policies are being manipulated to circumvent the state's ban on consideration of applicants' race, a professor there has resigned from a faculty committee that he says refused to allow him to study the matter. Political...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Prosecution, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Tuskegee pilot airborne again
martin.evans@newsday.comHe is 86 years old now, a little slower, a little grayer and perhaps a tad less sharp-eyed than he was on a fateful day in the skies over Berlin in March of 1945. But when the American Airpower Museum at Republic Airport invited Roscoe Brown to fly again...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Democratic Party, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama, Parties and Movements
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Redneck Festival: Good fun or insensitive racism?
Special to The Morning CallIn Weissport, they're loading their shotguns, breaking out their flannel shirts and hanging their confederate flags in anticipation of the first Redneck Festival. But others aren't as amused. The festival, today and Sunday in and around the only park in...Tags: Festive Event, Labor Day, Racism
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