Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 12:07 AM
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NAACP News
11/6
Judge rejects NAACP vote request
Stafford County Sun - Stafford,VA,USA
BY TYLER WHITLEY RICHMOND - A federal judge Monday rejected a plea by the NAACP to extend voting hours, allow paper ballots and reallocate voting machines ...
11/7
NAACP seeks response to racist graffiti
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
RALEIGH - The head of the state's NAACP chapter today called for a "strong response and punishment" for the NC State University students who painted racist ...
11/10
NAACP balks at Weaver firing
Victorville Daily Press - Victorville,CA,USA
"I am highly upset about the dismissal of Julian Weaver," said Charley Glasper, Adelanto's acting mayor and president of the local chapter of the NAACP. ...
11/12
Savannah Branch NAACP Calls for Intervention in the Troy Davis Case
Savannah Tribune - savannah,ga,USA
The Savannah Branch NAACP expresses hope that the Federal Court of Appeals will order the examination of the new evidence in the Troy Anthony Davis murder ...
Clayton NAACP: Don't move graves
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
By MEGAN MATTEUCCI The Clayton County NAACP and a neighborhood association implored the county Tuesday to not allow 311 historic African-American graves to ...
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Friday, July 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM
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Four delegates from the Wilson Chapter of the NAACP went to Cincinnati, Ohio, this week for the 99th national convention of the historic organization. The convention began Saturday.
"Power, Justice, Freedom, Vote" is the theme for this year's annual gathering of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Read more here.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 8:47 PM
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Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the NC NAACP, has won election to the national board of the NAACP. In a three-person contest for the Region 5 board seat, with 329 voting delegates, Rev. Barber received 177 votes. He was elected over the incumbent, Madie Robinson of South Carolina, who received 94 votes, and one other candidate.
Prior to the election, Rev. Barber offered an inspiring, passionate, and visionary speech to the delegates of Region 5, which includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Mississippi. He was nominated for the position by fellow North Carolinian Helen Coleman, who already sits on the national board.
The 99th Annual National NAACP convention is being held this week in Cincinnati, Ohio. More than 9,000 delegates, alternatives and observers are in attendance.
Accompanying Rev. Barber to the convention are his family, members of the NC NAACP executive committee, NC delegates, alternates, and observers.
He will join other members of the board in support of the new national NAACP President, Ben Jealous, who takes office September 1, 2008.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 at 10:31 PM
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The Late Rev. Dr. Edgar LeRoy Reid was Senior Pastor of Second Baptist Church and President of local branch of the NAACP in Jefferson City, Missouri when Medgar Wiley Evers of Mississippi was shot and killed in June of 1963. He said at a march of mourning for Medgar Wiley Evers "my next son will be named . . . (Source Blacknews.com)
C. Dancy II - TPA Opinion: Now that's what I am talking about. I hope others will follow.
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Saturday, May 17, 2008 at 9:12 PM
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BALTIMORE & mdash The NAACP chose 35-year-old activist and former news executive Ben Jealous as its president Saturday, making him the youngest leader in the 99-year history of the nation's largest civil rights organization. (Source WRAL)
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C. Dancy II - TPA Opinion: Again another young brother has been chosen to lead. I feel this is a good thing because as he stated he can reach the young and the old.
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Friday, April 18, 2008 at 10:53 PM
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Three candidates have emerged as finalists for the national NAACP’s top position, the Free Press has learned.
But an undercurrent of discontent over the choices of a special NAACP search committee may force the nation’s oldest civil rights organization to find an alternative from within its own upper ranks.
According to highly placed sources, . . . (Source Wilmington Journal)
C. Dancy II - TPA Opinion: So how did these (3) guys get chosen? So it looks like the choosing of a new National President is going to be very interesting. It is too bad Rev. William J. Barber II is not a candidate because he would be a strong President. Nope he needs to stay here in NC and clean up some stuff. But that will be tough when others around him on his team are not speaking up about the issues we have. But I hope things are going to change and if not, I hope things change during the next election of officers.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 9:06 PM
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Bus leaving Goldsboro March 5, 5:00 PM for the Regional NAACP Meeting in Jackson, Mississippi. Round trip fare is $125. The driver will make stops if requested. For more information contact Sylvia Barnes Greenleaf Christian Church at 919-735-9059. The bus will leave on Wednesday evening and will return after the banquet on Saturday night.
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Friday, November 30, 2007 at 1:00 AM
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A pastor accused of stealing more than $400,000 from the estate of a local civil rights leader will stand trial.
William King, of Highland Park, oversaw the $1 million . . . (Source WPXI/Pittsburgh.com)
C. Dancy II - TPA Opinion: Now this is a damn shame. A pimp in the pulpit.
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Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 11:51 AM
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I received a call from Ohio today to inform me that Rivers had flown in today to explain the policy pertaining to serving as a NAACP Branch President and an elected official. The problem for them is that the National is not enforcing the policy nationwide and also they didn't understand why he would fly in to attend their meeting when the National Board is supposed to be broke.
I will be doing a follow up when I get a report from Cincinnati about what happened at the meeting tonight.
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