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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West Volusia Hospital Authority, Group A, Seat 1
Sentinel Staff WriterThree candidates are running for a seat on the West Volusia Hospital Authority, a tax district created to provide indigent health-care services. Incumbent John D. Adams faces Tracy Lunquist and Voloria Manning, for Group A, Seat 1 on the Aug. 26 ballot....Tags: John F. Kennedy, Health Treatments, Referenda, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Clubs and Associations
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My Word: The Rev. Randolph Bracy Jr.
In November, Orange County residents will be voting on a referendum on whether to make the Orange County School Board chair an elected position. I offer four reasons why this concept should be dismissed: Reason No. 1: It is unconstitutional. Presently,...Tags: Local Elections, Christianity, Orange County (Florida), Referenda, Jeb Bush
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1908: Rioting erupted in Springfield, Ill., as a white mob, enraged that two black criminal suspects (one later convicted of murder, the other exonerated of rape) had been spirited away from the city jail by authorities, began setting black-owned homes...Tags: Riots, Space Programs, Local Authority, Health Organizations
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School Board boss should be voted on
Sentinel ColumnistYou know school cuts are bad when there is talk about whacking AP courses at Winter Park High School. That's like cutting back on prayer services at the Vatican. There would be a line forming at Trinity Prep this week if parents still could get home-...Tags: Pine Hills, Ocoee, Snow White
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But can you handle The Truth?
The Associated PressBET starts a weekly news program tonight described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher, with a black perspective. The Truth With Jeff Johnson stars a BET personality who has also been an activist for the NAACP and People for the American...Tags: Political Candidates, Elections, Jeff Johnson, John McCain, Barack Obama
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Davie apartment manager kept out black applicants, according to lawsuit
South Florida Sun-SentinelA manager at a Davie apartment complex turned away African-American applicants, then tried to use the lack of black tenants to appeal to whites, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department. The suit accuses C.F. Enterprises...Tags: Discrimination, Minority Groups, Apartments, Trials, National Government
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BET starts a weekly news program
BET starts a weekly news program on Friday described as a cross between Keith Olbermann and Bill Maher with a black perspective.
Called "The Truth with Jeff Johnson" and airing at 11 p.m. on Fridays, the program stars a BET personality who has also...Tags: Minority Groups, Hillary Clinton, Martin Luther King Jr., Political Candidates, National or Ethnic Minorities
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Board OKs contract for company that failed to meet minority goals
Sun reporterOver the objections of the Legislative Black Caucus and NAACP, a divided public Board of Public Works yesterday approved a $44.8 million contract for airport shuttle service to a company that failed to meet Maryland's minority business goals. Gov. Martin...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Nancy K Kopp, Peter Franchot, Elijah E Cummings
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NAAACP's Poole won't run after all
Sentinel Staff WriterT.H. Poole Sr., a longtime state leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has withdrawn his name to challenge incumbent James Rotella for Seat 4 on the City Commission. Poole had submitted his name at City Hall on...Tags: Heads of State, Government
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Bernie Mac
Name: Bernard Jeffrey McCullough Born: Oct. 5, 1957 Hometown: Chicago Personal: Married to Rhonda McCullough since 1977, father of Je'Niece and grandfather of Jasmine Film credits include: "Old Dogs" (2009), "Soul Men" (2008), "Transformers" (2007),...Tags: Heads of State, Celebrity, Government, The Bernie Mac Show
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"King of Comedy" star Bernie Mac is dead at 50
Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died yesterday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian,...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Red Skelton, The Bernie Mac Show, Death and Dying, Elections
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After MLK
Today's question: Who are the current leaders and what are the goals of the modern civil rights movement? Are there any major differences from previous generations? All week, Juan Williams and Erin Aubry Kaplan discuss ongoing issues in black America, the...Tags: Civil Rights, Jesse Jackson, Radio, Barbara Lee, Elections
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