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Word: naacp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Referring to the current voter registration demonstrations in Selma and other Southern cities, Rusher said, "These demonstrations accomplish nothing. It's funny coincidence that the NAACP appeal for financial support is out at this moment...

Author: By Lee H. Simowitz, | Title: William Rusher | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

...Washington, NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins told a House judiciary sub-committee that the administration's civil rights voting bill is good, but not good enough. He asked for now safeguards, including the elimination of the poll tax as a requirement in state and local elections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wilkins Asks Safeguards | 3/25/1965 | See Source »

Twenty-five members of a local branch the NAACP picketed the Brattle Street Theatre last night to protest the showing of D. W. Griffith's classic moving film Birth of a Nation...

Author: By Parker Donham, | Title: 25 Picket Griffith's 'Birth of Nation' as 'Despicable Racist Propaganda' | 2/23/1965 | See Source »

George Roberts, President of the South Middlesex Branch of NAACP, explained yesterday that his organization's regional office had protested showings of the picture in all parts of the country for several years. "We object to the way the movie depicts us," Roberts said, "and we hope to persuade people...

Author: By Parker Donham, | Title: 25 Picket Griffith's 'Birth of Nation' as 'Despicable Racist Propaganda' | 2/23/1965 | See Source »

...NAACP is presently considering filing suit against the Boston School Committee for de facto segregation in city schools...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Segregation Ruling In Springfield Sets Precedent For Boston Case | 1/18/1965 | See Source »

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