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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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Food Stamp Fraud Issue Escalates
The Hartford CourantAn attorney representing state employees said Thursday that he believes more than 150 state employees have been fired for alleged food stamp fraud. Rich Rochlin — who said he represents 60 state employees fired or under investigation in the scandal...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Public Employees, Civil and Public Service
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Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, broke color barrier at Naval Academy
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A. Brown, who broke the color barrier at the Naval Academy and was its first African-American graduate in 1949, died Tuesday of cancer at Springhouse of Silver Spring Assisted Living.
He was 85.
"It's important for America to...Tags: Jesse Owens, United States Naval Academy, Nuclear Power, Jimmy Carter, Annapolis
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O.C. candidate removed from local GOP after George Wallace mailer
L.A. NOWDeborah Pauly, the outspoken Villa Park councilwoman who drew community ire when she protested outside an Islamic charity event, was removed this week from a leadership position with the Orange County Republican Party's central committee. Party... -
Head of the Class
Joan Munn, Eastern Technical High School; Andre Keyser, Overlea High School; Kathleen Crane, Parkville High School and Kristen O'Gorman, Perry Hall High School recieved college scholarships of $3,000 each from First Financial Federal Credit Union....Tags: Parkville, Financial Aid, Education, Overlea, High Schools
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Higher levels of flame retardants found in minority children
Black and Latino toddlers may have significantly higher levels of toxic flame retardants in their bodies than white children, according to a new study that challenges one of industry's chief arguments for expanding use of the chemicals. The peer-reviewed...Tags: Science and Technology, Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, Family, Chemicals
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Race clouds debate over downtown crime
The ongoing debate over youth crime in downtown Baltimore has sparked a war of words over race — overshadowing a debate over the police response to disturbances and objections from city politicians who say the issue is vastly overblown.
Since a...Tags: Inner Harbor, Entertainment, Radio, Holidays, Martin O'Malley
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Colorado is latest to reconsider zero-tolerance school policies
AURORA, Colo. — On May 2, D'Avonte Meadows, a 6-year-old with an infectious grin and rambunctious streak, was suspended for three days from Sable Elementary in suburban Denver for crooning "[I'm] Sexy and I Know It" to a girl in lunch line. The...Tags: Entertainment, Bullying, Students, Dietary Supplements, Super Bowl
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The NAACP's relevance step
WASHINGTON -- With its support for gay marriage, the NAACP has done more than strike a blow for fairness and equality. The nation's most venerable civil rights organization has made itself relevant again. The NAACP's 64-member board approved a resolution...
Tags: Civil Rights, Marriage, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Jesse Jackson
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John Edwards jury to resume deliberations
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Jurors are set to resume deliberations Monday morning over whether John Edwards conspired to violate election laws to cover up an affair during his unsuccessful campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. They have sat...
Tags: Elizabeth Edwards, Punishment, Elections, NATO, John Edwards
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Judge in Jerry Sandusky case won't delay sex-abuse trial
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach now charged with child sex abuse, will get his day in court as scheduled, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting a second defense request to delay the trial. In a bare-bones denial of the most...
Tags: Joe Paterno, Lung Cancer, Football, Jerry Sandusky, College Sports
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Dharun Ravi sentenced to jail in Rutgers webcam case
A judge Monday sentenced a former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, to 30 days in jail for spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide, rejecting defense arguments that he did not deserve time behind bars but disappointing prosecutors...
Tags: Punishment, Defendants, Criminals, Dharun Ravi, Suicide
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Rutgers webcam case: Victim's family wants prison for Dharun Ravi
The parents, brother and a male friend of Tyler Clementi, a gay Rutgers University student who committed suicide in 2010 after learning that his date with the friend had been secretly videotaped by his roommate, Dharun Ravi, urged a judge Monday to give...Tags: Punishment, Hate Crimes, Defendants, Criminals, Dharun Ravi
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