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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: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, NAACP, Virginia
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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: Scott Walker, Sculpture, Executive Branch, Justice and Rights, Monuments and Heritage Sites
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Hopeful note sounded for NAACP chief
Sun ReporterNAACP delegates left the 99th annual convention here yesterday hopeful that its young president-elect can successfully bring the nation's oldest civil rights organization into a new century. Although they caught only a glimpse of Benjamin Todd Jealous,...Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Newspaper and Magazine, Management Change, Elections
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Obama talks tough to NAACP
Sun reporterSen. Barack Obama vowed today to fight for civil rights if elected president, but he also told a gathering of the NAACP he stands by his statements that personal responsibility is a key to solving problems in black communities. "NAACP, I'm here to...Tags: Duke Energy Corporation, Campaign Finance, Barack Obama, Heavy Engineering, Newspaper and Magazine
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Obama as point of pride, caution
Sun reporterThe barrier-shattering candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama is cause for pride and praise, but it does not diminish the need for bold civil rights activism, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said during a speech launching the organization's 99th annual convention. By...Tags: Duke Energy Corporation, John McCain, Diplomacy, Internal Revenue Service, Elections
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NAACP leader pledges to invigorate organization
Sun reporterNAACP President-elect Benjamin Jealous pledged Monday to revitalize the nation's oldest civil rights organization while staying committed to its century-old mission of fighting injustice. In his first address to the membership of the National Association...Tags: Duke Energy Corporation, Campaign Finance, Barack Obama, Heavy Engineering, Newspaper and Magazine
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Watching their words
Sun reporterTwo months ago, NAACP board member Alice Huffman played a pivotal role in a Democratic National Committee meeting that paved the way for Sen. Barack Obama to clinch the party's presidential nomination. Obama's historic victory - the first for a black...Tags: John McCain, Internal Revenue Service, History, Georgia, Hillary Clinton
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NAACP signals start of new era
He's very Obama, isn't he? The Ivy creds. The biracial parentage. The lawyer wife. The victory, after some contentious balloting, of his more youthful candidacy over the more establishment one. The selection of Benjamin Jealous this weekend as the new...Tags: Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King Jr., Wendell Anthony
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NAACP head hopes to mobilize voters
Sun reportersBy age 6, Benjamin Todd Jealous had read through all of the books about African-Americans in his elementary school library and inquired why there weren't more. At 7, he told his family that he wanted to become a civil rights lawyer. At 14, he organized...Tags: Schools, Colleges and Universities, Elections, Mississippi, Medical Research
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NAACP names new president
The Washington PostThe NAACP selected Benjamin Todd Jealous as its president Saturday, tapping a young, Oxford University-educated activist to lead the nation's oldest civil rights group. Jealous, 35, was chosen by the group's 64-member board after a year-long search and...Tags: Washington Post Company, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Government, Newspapers
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