Word: naacp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Upon returning from Vietnam Worthy wrote an article, "Our Disgrace in Indo-China," which appeared in the NAACP newspaper, The Crisis, just two months prior to the French collapse in 1954. "It was strictly a matter of writing what anybody with two eyes could see," says Worthy, "unless blinded by U.S. nationalism and blatant patriotism. America was doomed from the start...
...later characterized by Jimmy Carter as the best thing that ever happened to the South. Although Lyndon Johnson's impassioned speech in favor of the bill is usually credited with securing passage of the Voting Rights Act, it was Hart, according to Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP, who played the critical role in persuading Sen. James Eastland (D-Miss.), the chairman of the Judiciary and a strong opponent of the bill, to report it to the full Senate which then passed it. "Phil Hart... was indispensable. Somehow he was able to lift the roadblocks...He was such an honest, such...
According to Tom Atkins, head of the Boston NAACP and a longtime observer and participant in Boston politics, black voters have supplied White's winning margin in his three mayoral races. In return, Atkins claims, White has given blacks nothing more than "Griffin Bells...
...NAACP has fought so many landmark court cases that brought us where we are now," Martin said. "Without them, where would we be? By protecting the NAACP, we're protecting our own rights," he added...
Jones said that helping the NAACP is "the greatest thing I can do as an undergraduate here. Normally, I don't get politically involved, but when I saw this I said, 'Hey, a must...