Reposted from KTKA.com "I'm sorry that I offended you, I wish that I had made some choices of different things," says State Representative Bill Otto of LeRoy. The NAACP has a little piece of mind after confronting Rep. Otto. Glenda...
Topics: NAACP, NAACP State Issues

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You should, and here’s why… What is Net Neutrality? Net Neutrality is the idea that the Internet should always remain an unrestricted information and communication portal. That like streets and highways, the internet should be open and available..
Topics: Legislative issues, Net Neutrality

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Report from John Payton; President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund  to the The United Nations Forum on Minority Issues The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is the oldest – and has been described as the finest –...
Topics: 2010 Census, Elections, NAACP, NAACP National Issues, Voter Registration

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"Civil Rights" is not the name of a movement... "Civil Rights" is not a type of organization... "Civil Rights" is not a method of protest... Civil 'Rights' are the rights and privileges guaranteed by...
Topics: Civil Rights, Legislative issues, NAACP, National Issues

{"title":"What you don't know about Civil Rights CAN hurt you","post_url":"http:\/\/www.wichitanaacpblog.com\/2009\/11\/what-you-dont-know-about-civil-rights.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.wichitanaacpblog.com\/feeds\/posts\/default","author":null,"date":"2009-11-30 21:36:57","summary":" \"Civil Rights\" is not the name of a movement... \"Civil Rights\" is not a type of organization... \"Civil Rights\" is not a method of protest... Civil 'Rights' are the rights and"}

Long time readers of the blog will note that we've been talking about the ideological shift and politicization of the US Commission on Civil Rights for the last couple years. (See HERE , and HERE , and HERE , and HERE ). Through a series of Bush-era.
Topics: Civil Rights

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