Word: naacp
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Lately, however, the Democrat has also taken to embarrassing many of his constituents. For example, at a NAACP meeting in Baltimore this year, Long, who has a progressive record on civil rights, started rambling on about American blacks being "genetically superior . . . because Southern white blood flows in every black today." All this might not have got Long into trouble if he were not opposed this year by an aggressive Republican, who has a more telling way with words...
...Westinghouse, public relations boils down to essentially one thing: defending the nuclear energy commitment. The group worked with national media and various interest groups to put up a united front against the influential anti-nuclear movement. It publicized pro-nuclear statements from the NAACP and a multitude of labor unions to demonstrate nuclear energy's linkage with employment and working-class aspirations. MR&A's long range energy forecasts emphasized the need for more nuclear-generated electricity to meet energy needs...
Reagan intervened personally with convention officials to enable NAACP Executive Director Benjamin Hooks to speak at the convention that evening, but only after Hooks promised to say nothing that might embarrass the Republicans. Hooks urged the Republicans to work for full employment, low-cost public transportation and an extension of the Voting Rights Act, which is to expire in 1982. His plea was politely received by the delegates?again on instructions from Reagan's floor lieutenants...
...intend to present them to Bok, Governor King, and if there is no response, then we may go to the NAACP" Greene said yesterday...
Nonetheless, the question of people being denied opportunities by unfair aspects of tests remains. Some believe that standardized tests are geared toward white middle class society, putting poor people and nonwhites at a distinct disadvantage. The NAACP has consistently attacked test makers on this point. ETS officials claim and Jewett and Geraghty seem to agree to some extent, however, that without tests, many talented people would never have been recognized by admissions offices. "Abolishing tests would only hurt the people we are trying to help," Geraghty says...