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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Keeping up the battle against HIV, AIDS
Los Angeles Times"Ladies," said Cookie Johnson, looking straight into the camera, her husband's arm draped across her shoulders. "Have you been tested ... " " ... for HIV?" finished Los Angeles Lakers basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. As the most prominent...Tags: Civil Rights, Television Industry, Diseases, Minority Groups, AIDS
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NAACP races deadline to get ex-felons to vote
When Tubi Retton, 21, approaches ex-felons and offers to sign them up to vote, she says that most decline politely, believing they are barred from casting a ballot. "They'll be like, 'I'm all right' " she said yesterday while conducting a voter...Tags: Prince George's County
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1890s Pullman porters' role in start of black middle class
Sentinel Staff WriterVibert White came to the University of Central Florida in 2003 to head up UCF's public history program, a blend of archaeology, anthropology, oral history and the collection of everyday artifacts. The program was subsequently discontinued, but White has...Tags: Winter Park, University of Central Florida, Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, History
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Dennis Lehane's 'Given Day' eyes Babe Ruth, Boston
Bloomberg NewsTHE GIVEN DAY, by Dennis Lehane. William Morrow, 704 pp., $27.95. We start with Babe Ruth at age 23 vomiting off the back of a train heading to Boston for the 1918 World Series. His teammates gripe over their pay and mull the kind of strike that...Tags: Sam Raimi, Calvin Coolidge, Clint Eastwood, Babe Ruth, The Wire
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Rezko talks to feds
Jailed political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real-estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois, and the political fallout could be...Tags: Constitutional Issues, Election Day, John Lewis, Philadelphia Flyers, Government
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Chris Rock's use of N-word is inexcusable
Dear Chris Rock: I apologize in advance for the language that will shortly follow. And yes, there is a certain irony there, given that you are one of the most profane men on the planet. Also one of the funniest. That's why I eagerly anticipated your new...Tags: Slavery, Kanye West, Chris Rock, Easter, Cultural Development
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Amendment 2: Frivolous distraction should be rejected
Our economy is in the tank. Floridians are losing homes and jobs in record numbers. Our standing in the world is kaput. So what choice will Florida voters be given on Nov. 4 to solve our mountain of problems? Nada! No plan for universal health care,...Tags: Marriage, Family, Government, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians
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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: Slavery, Civil Rights, Minority Groups, Wars and Interventions, Christianity
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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: Marriage, Clay Aiken, Gays and Lesbians, Family, Election Day
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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: Charter Schools, Health and Safety at School, Minority Groups, University of South Florida, Colleges and Universities
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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...
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