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Archive Home > 2009 > February > 12 > At 100, NAACP fights to keep its struggle alive

At 100, NAACP fights to keep its struggle alive

By Jesse Washington / The Bulletin
February 12, 2009

The bookends of the NAACP’s century testify to the change it has wrought.

In 1908, a race riot in Springfield, Ill., left at least seven people dead and led to the birth of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In 2008, Barack Obama, who had launched his....

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