Next NAACP Meeting
Always second Saturday! Next regular meeting , Saturday, February 11, 2012, 1:00 pm at the Vision Ford Atrium, 1500 S. White Sands, Alamogordo, NM, Visitors welcome!
Otero County NAACP presents its annual Junteenth Celebration, Saturday, May 12th, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Alamogordo Public Library, music and dance outside under the trees. Karunna Warren and his New World Drummers and Dancers will entertain with traditional African drums and dance. Dancing and singing encouraged. Everyone Welcome!
Legal Redress
The Otero County NAACP Redress Committee provides legal advice and information to community members in the event one may feel that their civil rights have been violated. For more information on Legal Redress, contact any of our local officers listed under our contact information.-
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LePage willing to meet with Maine NAACP
By Kevin Miller, Bangor Daily News Staff Posted Jan. 16, 2011, at 7:09 p.m. AUGUSTA, Maine — The NAACP continued to criticize Maine Gov. Paul LePage over the weekend for last week’s flippant “kiss my butt” remark, although both sides … Continue reading
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The Bubba Effect
This weekend I had the opportunity to accidentally ‘bump into’ Fox News and hear Mr. Glenn Beck talking about the “Bubba Effect.” For those of you who may not know, this is the tendency for some in our society to … Continue reading
More on Reverend Wright
Beware The Simplifiers by Bill Moyers Published on Sunday, May 4, 2008 by PBS.org I once asked a reporter back from Vietnam, “Who’s telling the truth over there?” “Everyone, he said. “Everyone sees what’s happening through the lens of their … Continue reading
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North Carolina NAACP Denounces Race-Baiting Ad
25 April 2008 By Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II NC NAACP State Conference President The NAACP is fiercely non-partisan. We do not endorse candidates. But for over 99 years, the NAACP has also been fiercely anti-racist. In 1898 White … Continue reading
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Martin Luther King Still Silenced
Published on Friday, April 4, 2008 by CommonDreams.org 40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced by Jeff Cohen Soon after Martin Luther King’s birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover … Continue reading
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AME Church Responds to Rev. Wright Press
Thanks to the NAACP chair in Kansas City for sending this out in that area. See also letter from AME Church in Los Angeles, CA SIXTH EPISCOPAL DISTRICT 2900 Chamblee-Tucker Road Building Three Atlanta, Georgia 30342-4156 WILLIAM PHILLIPS DEVEAUX PRESIDING … Continue reading
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