NYP99071595 -15 JULY 1999 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, USA: Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO of NAACP (left) and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond (right) welcome Presidential canidate Vice President Al Gore, July 14, to the 90th annual NAACP convention held at the Hilton hotel in New York City. iw/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI