News Articles NAACP Concerned That Heightened Security At Polling Places Could Intimidate Minority Voters NAACP Urges Expansion and Renewal of Assault Weapons Ban NAACP Chairman Julian Bond Calls For Election Protection To Defend Voting Rights Act "African Americans were nearly 10 times as likely as whites to have their ballots rejected in the Florida 2000 Presidential election." Defending the Vote The right to vote should be fundamental for all citizens. This right is placed in jeopardy by understaffed polls, faulty equipment, language barriers, arbitrary decisions by election officials and misguided efforts to prevent former felons from voting. These, and other "irregularities" can undermine voters' rights to participate in the voting process. |
October 1, 2004 Bush's African-American team is a blatant effort to bypass mainstream civil rights leaders and cultivate a new brand of black leadership. In July, NAACP President Kweisi Mfume tore into President Bush's black supporters calling them "ventriloquist's dummies." A slew of them had passionately applauded President Bush in articles and on conservative TV and radio talk shows for rejecting an invitation to speak at the NAACP's annual convention. Tallahassee Democrat Cracker Barrel has agreed to an $8.7 million settlement to resolve all lawsuits brought or supported by the NAACP that accused the restaurant chain of segregating blacks in the smoking section and denying them service. Details of the settlement were not released, but the company's fourth-quarter earnings report included a $3.3 million, or 7-cent per share, charge for costs associated with the settlement. The company had previously accrued $3.5 million before taxes in fiscal 2001 related to some of the cases. At least 42 plaintiffs, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, accused the Lebanon, Tenn.-based company of discrimination in federal lawsuits filed in Georgia. "I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life." |
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