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NAACP'S future holds conflict between old, new attitudes
Sun StaffIn the NAACP's heyday, church ladies used to sign up members every Sunday, and families gave newborns lifetime memberships as baptism gifts. Today the 95-year-old civil rights group with a history of defending the rights of minorities, grapples to...Tags: New York University, Executive Branch, NAACP, University of Maryland, College Park, History
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Photographer Richard Avedon Dies
Times Staff WriterRichard Avedon, who during a career spanning more than 50 years was renowned both for his stripped-down black-and-white portrait photography and his playful yet sophisticated fashion shots, died today. Avedon, who was 81, died at Methodist Hospital in...Tags: Texas, Entertainment, Bee (insect), Democracy, Mike Nichols
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Abrupt departure leaves observers wondering 'why' and 'what's next'
Sun StaffKweisi Mfume's abrupt departure as head of the NAACP left some observers wondering where he will go - and whether there's more to why he left. He said yesterday that he wanted a vacation after nearly nine years, and he might explore opportunities in...Tags: Maryland, Entertainment, NAACP, Regional Elections, New York
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Hayes no stranger to interim role
Sun StaffDennis C. Hayes is ice to Kweisi Mfume's fire. A decided introvert compared with the outgoing - and magnetic - NAACP president. So, when reporters asked yesterday whether Hayes, the NAACP's general counsel since 1990 and its interim president beginning...Tags: Civil Rights, NAACP, Lawyers, Indiana University, Colleges and Universities
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Bush: 'Now is the Time to Confront Social Security'
Times Staff WritersPresident Bush said today that he was determined to send a message to Congress, Wall Street and the American people that fixing Social Security's long-term cash shortfall was as critical as reducing budget deficits and addressing more immediate problems....Tags: Company Privatization, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, NAACP, Budgets and Budgeting, Health and Safety at Work
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NAACP refuses IRS demand for documents
Sun StaffCharging that an IRS audit was "motivated by partisan politics," NAACP Chairman Julian Bond announced yesterday that the civil rights group would not comply with the federal probe alleging Bond had inappropriately intervened in the presidential campaign...Tags: George W. Bush, Elections, NAACP, Career and Workplace, New York
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Mfume says he was not forced out
Sun StaffKweisi Mfume denied yesterday that he was forced to resign as president of the NAACP amid allegations of nepotism and sexual harassment, saying someone is trying to derail his campaign for U.S. Senate. Speaking in Clinton at a rally of African-American...Tags: Elections, NAACP, Employers, Employment Opportunities, Minority Groups
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President has meeting with Mfume
Sun StaffAfter four years of refusing to meet with the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group, President Bush sat down at the White House yesterday with NAACP President Kweisi Mfume. Mfume called it a "very frank, open meeting" that he hoped would mark...Tags: Karl Rove, Civil Rights, George W. Bush, Elections, NAACP
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