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Gun safety is about freedom

COMMENTARY By Derrick Johnson President and CEO, NAACP Fear at school was something the Little Rock Nine knew all too well. Facing vitriol, racism and merciless violence, the Little Rock Nine were escorted, for their […]

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NAACP calls for Mississippi to remove Confederate sign from flag

(AP) The NAACP is calling on Mississippi legislators to remove the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, days after South Carolina removed a stand-alone Confederate banner from its Capitol grounds. “The state of Mississippi […]

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‘A setback’: Activists fret about Rachel Dolezal impact

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Civil rights leaders in this largely white city that lies between the Cascade and Rocky mountains are worried that the ruse perpetrated by former NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal […]