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The University Of South Carolina’s NAACP Presents…
Our 1st Annual Spring Gala Click Here to RSVP The University of South Carolina’s Chapter of NAACP, which was charted in the March of 2009, is proud to invite you to our Inaugural Spring Gala “Black Tie Event” Monday April 25, 2011
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USC's NAACP Visits Washington, D.C.
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Five Years After Katrina: Lessons still not Learned
By Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP President and CEO Cross Posted from TheGrio.Com Ms. Sadie is an African-American woman who was born and raised in Pointe a la Hache in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. When Hurricane Katrina struck five years ago she l
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NAACP Joins Civil and Human Rights Groups to Advance Vision, Legacy of 1963 March on Washington
August 28 rally on anniversary of Dr. King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech will serve as precursor to major ‘One Nation’ march on 10-2-10 NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous will join the National Action Network (NAN) and other civil a
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From Obama's Blog: Education Reform
The Current Situation At this defining moment in our history, preparing our children to compete in the global economy is one of the most urgent challenges we face. We need to stop paying lip service to public education, and start holding communities
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NAACP Meeting: Obama's Reformation: Education
On Wed April 7th NAACP will be discussing part two of Obama's Reformation: Education. We encourage all students to come out to this event and learn how Obama is working to help you stay in college and pay back your loans. This will be an educational
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N.A.A.C.P. Prods Obama on Job Losses
--NY TIMES-- by STEVEN GREENHOUSE With unemployment among blacks at more than 15 percent, the N.A.A.C.P. will join several other groups on Tuesday to call on President Obama to do more to create jobs. The organizations — including the A.F.L.-C.I.
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Poisoned Communites- Environmental Racism
-Jacqueline Patterson,NAACP In late October, I attended the Poisoned Communities Meeting from the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4. The event consisted of community members from the 6 states that comprise the region providing testimony on the
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About the NAACP
Founded Feb. 12. 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest, largest and most widely recognized grassroots–based civil rights organization. Its more than half-million members and supporters throughout the United States and the world are the premier adv
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Statement of NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous On the Murder of Derrion Albert
The cold-blooded murder of Chicago high school student Derrion Albert by a mob of youngsters has shocked the nation. Like many Americans, I felt horror watching the video of this 16-year-old’s killing. Today, I feel angry. I am horrified at the
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