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Museum and online registry preserve story of black railroad porters
In 1921, Wesley Watkins migrated from Mississippi to Chicago, where he worked as a railroad porter for 40 years. His nephew, Ron Watkins, remembers...
Crisis, The, 09/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
Akron branch makes difference in community
"Take the time to make a difference." That's perhaps the most important advice Ophelia Averitt, president of the Akron NAACP since 1993, can give....
Crisis, The, 09/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
HBCUs tackle homophobia with diversity initiatives
Last November, Morehouse College junior Gregory Love was beaten with a baseball bat by sophomore Aaron Price, who mistakenly believed Love had made...
Crisis, The, 07/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
Topeka branch has key sense of history
After becoming president of the all but defunct Topeka NAACP in 1999, William Richards guided its revitalization with a keen sense of personal and...
Crisis, The, 05/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
Special image award honorees
Tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, renowned filmmaker Spike Lee and actor/ activist Danny Glover were chosen to receive special honors at the...
New Crisis, The, 03/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
Racial harassment sparks free speech debate at Harvard Law
As Cornel West's departure from Harvard University's Afro-- American Studies department grabbed headlines last spring, another controversy was...
New Crisis, The, 01/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
34th NAACP Image Awards celebration and "Image-a-Nation", The
Entertainment history was made on March 24, 2002, when Denzel Washington and Halle Berry became the first African Americans to walk away with Best...
New Crisis, The, 01/01/03 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
NAACP youth and college division: Training tomorrow's leaders today
On the first Saturday in November, a contingent of Grambling State University students boarded a bus decorated with NAACP logos and headed to...
New Crisis, The, 11/01/02 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
NAACP taps Vic Bulluck to head Hollywood Bureau
The NAACP has tapped an entertainment industry veteran to head its Hollywood Bureau. On Sep. 18, the organization announced that Vicangelo...
New Crisis, The, 11/01/02 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication -
NAACP & Congress, The
LEGISLATIVE REPORT CARD Keeping an eye on key civil rights votes on Capitol Hill NAACP members at the 93rd national convention in Houston may...
New Crisis, The, 09/01/02 by Petrosino, Frankie J · More from publication
