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The NAACP: The Struggle For Equal Rights
The NAACP had been at the forefront of the struggle for equal rights since its inception in 1909. But the symbolic significance of electing our first black president, the shifting attitudes toward race, as well as the nation’s new demographic landscape have triggered a reexamination of the movement’s priorities and goals. In advance of former NAACP chairman Julian Bond‘s visit to Zócalo, we asked four experts what role the historic organization should play going forward.
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