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Kidney Donation Set as Condition of Miss. Sisters' Parole

If two Mississippi sisters serving life in prison for an armed robbery that netted $11 want to go free, one will have to donate a kidney to the other. Gov. Haley Barbour has pardoned Gladys and Jamie Scott, black women whose case has been a cause celebre among civil rights activists. But to be released, Gladys, 36, must...

Why Shirley Sherrod's Case Against Andrew Breitbart Doesn't Look Good

(July 29) -- Shirley Sherrod announced today at a convention of the National Association of Black Journalists that she planned to sue Andrew Breitbart over the infamous video he posted on his website that led to her eventual firing forced resignation from the USDA. Last week, with speculation over Sherrod's next course...

NAACP Retracts Criticism of Shirley Sherrod After Viewing Full Video of Speech

(July 20) -- Just another day in the annals of gotcha journalism? Shirley Sherrod, a Georgia regional director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was pressured to resign Tuesday after conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart posted edited clips of a speech of hers on his website, Big Government, drawing criticism from...

NAACP Resolution Condemns Racism in Tea Party

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 13) -- Leaders of the country's largest civil rights organization accused tea party activists on Tuesday of tolerating bigotry and approved a resolution condemning racism within the political movement. The resolution was adopted during the annual convention in Kansas City of the National Association...

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05/21/12 NAACP President Chokes Up Over Support for Marriage... Source: Crooks and Liars NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous on Monday became emotional as he spoke to reporters about his organization's decision to support marriage rights for LGBT couples.
05/16/12 Are You Registered?! NAACP Launches Push to Register... Source: EURweb.com The NAACP is launching a push to make sure African Americans and other minorities get to the polls this November and register voters.
05/09/12 NAACP launches voter registration push in Georgia Source: Black Politics on the Web Saying it won't let recently enacted voter ID laws suppress turnout, the NAACP on Wednesday launched a nationwide drive to register thousands of mostly minority, student and elderly voters before the Nov. 6 elections.
04/24/12 NAACP Hotline Puts the Focus on Voting Source: The Root NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous was joined by radio host Tom Joyner, American Urban Radio Networks Program Operations President Jerry Lopes and others on Tuesday to unveil a joint phone initiative to empower potential voters. 1-866-MY-VOTE-1 is a hotline that provides information on voter registration, polling locations and tools to report incidents at polling stations.
04/16/12 O'Keefe's Voter Fraud Investigation: Ben Jealous, Bill... Source: The Jawa Report While the fight over voter fraud continues state by state, we wondered would D.C.'s poll workers hand us a ballot if we posed as Ben Jealous, head of the NAACP, Bill Maher, an HBO comedian who donated $1 million to re-elect Obama, or David Brock, head of Media Matters?

Background on ben jealous

Benjamin Todd Jealous (born January 18, 1973) is the current president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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