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Julian Bond
SLP99010903 - 10 JANUARY 1999 - ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA: Julian Bond, chairman of the Board of the National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), makes a point during a press conference, prior to a kick-off program, commemorating the 1999 Birthday Celebration Program of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Harris-Stowe State College. January 9. .wy/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI

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The NAACP would like to thank the leadership of the WGA and its members for demonstrating their support of the NAACP and its historic mission by granting the NAACP Image Awards an interim agreement
WGA grants waiver for NAACP awards gala
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We find ourselves re-fighting battles we thought we had already won
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We don't believe it's a violation of the First Amendment to say to somebody you ought not to talk that way, you ought not denigrate women, you ought not condemn people because of the color of their skin
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A members of the Hamas security forces patrol the border area between Gaza and Egypt, in the southern Gaza Strip May 20, 2013. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again for four days, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, As Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone. Palestinian security forces patrol around the border, witnesses said. UPI/Ismael Mohamad