Word: naacp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sammie's is a crowded bar and pool-room that is a favorite northside hangout. It is located within a couple of blacks of the NAACP office (the only black political organization in town). The local newspaper and the police station are also located near Sammie...
...NAACP Protests...
Alex Waites, a regional director of the NAACP, said yesterday in Jackson that Jones' comments were "totally misleading." He challenged the claim that Mississippi P and L had started a training program, and he accused the company of bad faith in its work with local colleges...
According to another NAACP representative, most of the blacks who turned down Mississippi P and L jobs last year were college graduates who were offered low-paying clerical positions...
...Several other groups, however-including the Mississippi Council on Human Relations, the NAACP, and the Southern Regional Council-have been conducting their own studies of the company. The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights-an independent Federal agency-also recently concluded an investigation. Commission spokesmen said yesterday that final results would not be available until next week, but that the study revealed "serious problems of discrimination...