NAACP
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Aug- 2019 -14 August
OP-ED: Why I’m Visiting the Border
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I shook hands with a 13 year-old-boy whose mother told him to make eye contact and shake hands firmly. Even in the midst of horrific living conditions…
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13 August
NAACP San Diego Joins Lawsuit Against San Diego Housing Commission’s Racial Segregation Policies
SAN DIEGO VOICE AND VIEWPOINT — The NAACP, the nation’s oldest and most well known civil rights organization, has just joined a housing discrimination lawsuit against the San Diego Housing Commission.…
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1 August
Prince George’s Residents Wary of Developer’s Massive Warehouse Plan
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Area residents railed Thursday against plans to build a massive warehouse in Westphalia that proposes to create nearly 1,800 jobs, arguing it will also generate unwanted noise and…
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Jul- 2019 -22 July
The Storied History of the NAACP
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Much has changed since the creation of the NAACP 110 years ago, and as we highlight these achievements during this year’s convention, we cannot forget that we’re…
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22 July
Driving While Black: Police Continue to Profile, Stop and Search African American Drivers
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What’s particularly damning about this data is that police were more likely to search Black people than white people yet found contraband in only 41 percent of…
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7 July
PRESS ROOM: Patrick Gaspard to Receive Prestigious NAACP Spingarn Medal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — BALTIMORE – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation’s foremost civil rights organization, has announced that Ambassador Patrick Gaspard will be awarded…
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