Summary
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...
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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Naked Ambition
Spin CycleWhich was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. Gov. David A. Paterson, who???s called New York???s accidental governor, asking his audience at the NAACP: ???Why was this non-illustrious title held all these years for me????........Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Osama bin Laden, New York, John McCain
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NAACP-Scout effort to serve at-risk youths
The Maryland State Conference of the NAACP and the Baltimore Area Council of the Boys Scouts of America will collaborate to create a program serving at-risk youths, the groups announced yesterday. The pilot program, called "The First Class Camp," will...Tags: Maryland
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Lucy Mae Green, 81
Lucy Mae Green, a retired Social Security Administration worker and former seamstress, died of cancer Sunday at Season's Hospice in Randallstown. The West Baltimore resident was 81. Born Lucy Mae Trower in Baltimore and raised on George Street, she was a...Tags: California, Death and Dying, Wages and Pensions, Frederick Douglass, Florida
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Move to oust Jessamy aide persists
Sun reporterAbout 60 people called for State's Attorney Patricia C. Jessamy to fire her spokeswoman in a protest yesterday outside Baltimore Circuit Court. The noon rally on Calvert Street was led by Anna Sowers, 28, the widow of robbery victim Zach Sowers, who died...Tags: Margaret Mead, Murder, Assault, Crimes, Punishment
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Study sees racial bias in traffic-stop searches
Chicago Tribune reportersCivil rights groups called Thursday for ending the state police practice of searching vehicles during routine traffic stops, citing new statistics that show black and Hispanic motorists are searched more often even though drugs or other illegal items turn...Tags: Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Minority Groups, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Civil Rights, Executive Branch
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McCain: Obama an "impressive fellow"
Spin CycleMcCain on Obama, speaking to the NAACP: "Whatever the outcome in November, Sen. Obama has achieved a great thing, for himself and for his country, and I thank him for it. ... Don't tell him I said this, but...... -
Paterson: Hates New Yorker, and he's no accident!!
Spin CycleGov. Paterson supposedly has a great sense of humor, but his speech to the NAACP today makes you wonder. In his first big national address, he lashes out big time at the New Yorker Obama cover which he calls......Tags: Government, Elections, Executive Branch, Local Elections
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Accidental Dave: "Paranoia" ???
Spin CycleWe took a few jabs at Gov. Paterson for his inaccurate and somewhat pander-ous suggestion to the NAACP yesterday that the media described him as the "accidental governor" based on some racial motivation. The NYSun, however, takes it a......Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Roosevelt, Executive Branch, New York
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Dave: Get over it!!! You're not alone. (Updated)
Spin CycleReading that Gov. Paterson objected to being called the "accidental governor" and suggested that he was being pejoratively singled out in his speech to the NAACP, we decided to check. He's totally wrong. We found 337 stories on Nexis......Tags: Richard J Codey, New Jersey, Government, Executive Branch, Vermont
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NAACP seeks federal probe in Ansonia
The president of the Ansonia chapter of the NAACP wants federal officials to investigate the treatment of a black police officer accused of stealing a garden hose from the police department. Officer Mustafa Salahuddin was arrested July 15 and is charged...Tags: Greg Johnson, Government, Crimes, Theft, Ansonia
Jul 22, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 25, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 25, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 25, 2008
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jul 24, 2008
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jul 17, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 18, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 19, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 18, 2008
|Blog| Newsday
Jul 22, 2008
|Story| Associated Press
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