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NAACP Blasts Voter ID Laws, Pushes Minorities To Vote In 2012

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 09.26.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The NAACP plans a big push to increase minority turnout in the 2012 elections, hoping to gain political influence and turn back wh...

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Michelle Obama To Speak At NAACP Annual Convention

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The NAACP says first lady Michelle Obama will talk about her campaign against childhood obesity when she addresses the organization...

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Political Correctness Run Amok: NAACP Plays the (Hallmark) Race Card

Michele Langevine Leiby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Langevine Leiby

The NAACP is officially irrelevant. That became crystal clear when the 100-year-old civil rights organization put its credibility in jeopardy in a campaign against... a Hallmark card.

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One Year Later: Obama's Best Speeches (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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HuffPost is looking back at President Obama's best speeches since the election. One year in, help us pick the standouts: VideoCampaignText = "How ...

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The Personal Responsibilty to End Racial Profiling

Mark Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "personal responsibility" argument suggests that there is some inherent pathology within African Americans that is disabling. The word plays well politically among moderate and conservative Whites.

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Can the NAACP Survive President Obama?

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Ridley

The election of Obama as president is something of a "careful what you wish for" situation for one of America's oldest civil rights organizations.

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Obama NAACP Speech (VIDEO): "Your Destiny Is In Your Hands... No Excuses"

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK - President Barack Obama on Thursday traced his historic rise to power to the vigor and valor of black civil rights leaders, telling the NAAC...

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NAACP Head: Obama Win Won't End Race As Issue In America

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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CINCINNATI — Racial disparity will remain an issue in America, regardless of whether Barack Obama is elected as the nation's first black preside...

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