Word: naacp
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...last visit to Saddleback was in December 2006 when he and Kansas Senator Sam Brownback spoke at Warren's annual conference on HIV/AIDS. Brownback went first and joked to the crowd that the last time he and Obama shared a stage, it was at a meeting of the NAACP and he didn't receive the most rousing of welcomes. Turning to Obama, he said, "Welcome to my house." The crowd laughed, but when it was Obama's turn, the Democrat had a message for his Republican colleague. "With all due respect, Sam," said Obama, "this is my house...
...Originally, Wang was invited to speak as part of a debate with a pro-integration representative from the NAACP or the American Civil Liberties Union...
...letter claimed that Greenberg, a white civil rights lawyer, was objectionable because of his “apparent hostility toward historically predominantly Black educational institutions, his adamant refusal to relinquish directorship of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to a Black attorney, and his opposition to Black student associations on predominantly white campuses...
...will become a minority in this country. What that means is, right now, we need to have a clear picture of where we're headed.' BEN JEALOUS, newly named president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, who at 35 is the youngest leader in the NAACP's 99-year history...
...three shooting suspects, captured on tape by a news helicopter. Among 19 officers identified in the footage, seven are accused of using excessive force, and a sergeant was demoted for failing to intervene. The speedy response by newly appointed police commissioner Charles H. Ramsey was praised by local NAACP leadership, which also criticized the Rev. Al Sharpton's involvement in the controversy. Sharpton had called the incident "worse than Rodney King." A criminal investigation continues...