Benjamin Jealous

NAACP Chief: Marriage Equality Is A Civil Right

AP | BRIAN WITTE | Posted 05.21.2012

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BALTIMORE — NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to s...

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Shirley Sherrod, Black Farmers and the 2010 Racial World Cup

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles D. Ellison

Perhaps one of the more eloquent and official retrospectives resulting from the Shirley Sherrod incident was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibb's...

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Barack Obama, The National NAACP, and Chickensh*t Liberalism

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

There used to be a time when liberals, progressive and civil rights leaders stood up to right-wing bullies like Andrew Breitbart and Fox News, fighting back, sometimes even risking their lives. No more, it seems.

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Sherrod, Obama, and the Strength of Roots

Tom Hayden | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tom Hayden

My introduction to virulent southern racism came in 1961 when I ventured to Albany, Georgia. It was then I met, and came to admire, a brave young civil rights worker named Charles Sherrod

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Shirley Sherrod Defended By Diverse Coalition Calling For USDA To Give Her Job Back

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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***Scroll down for videos, including a complete version of Shirley Sherrod's speech that started the controversy.*** Shirley Sherrod has accomplished...

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WATCH: USDA Official Admits Racial Preference During NAACP Banquet, Resigns

Huffington Post | Adam J. Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATED*** 7/20/10, 6:49PM Shirley Sherrod says that she was forced to resign from her position at the USDA after her comments were taken out of c...

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Open Letter to Benjamin Jealous

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles D. Ellison

I don't like the racist images and speech at Tea Party rallies either, but can the NAACP really do anything about it? Probably not. Instead of focusing on that issue, why don't you condemn this recession's destruction of 25% of the Black middle-class?

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Death Row Inmate's Rare Chance to Prove his Innocence

Benjamin Todd Jealous | Posted 05.25.2011

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Benjamin Todd Jealous

The saga of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis is entering its last chapter. In an extremely rare ruling last summer, the Supreme Court ordered a federal judge in Georgia to grant Troy an evidentiary hearing to prove his innocence.

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Black Versus Gay Is a Tiresome Argument

Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alvin McEwen

We are going to continue to have this tired argument until both communities stop clinging to past symbolism and acknowledge the present.

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NAACP, Marking Centennial Of Founding, Announces Program To Report Police Misconduct

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Combining its century-old mission of fighting for equality with the instantaneous reach of modern-day technology, the NAACP has launched a program tha...

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Gay People Should Celebrate NAACP's Centennial

Paul Brandeis Raushenbush | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Brandeis Raushenbush

We need to make sure that everyone in our community enjoys equal rights in America whatever race, religion or nationality. Racism is a gay issue.

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