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NAACP President and Members Return to Alabama Monday for Court Hearing

by AFRO StaffJanuary 27, 2017January 25, 2022

NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks and five other members of the civil rights group arrested during a sit-in will appear before an Alabama judge on Monday before attending […]

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Police End NAACP Sit-in Against Attorney General Nominee

by Associated PressJanuary 3, 2017January 25, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Several NAACP protesters led by their national president were escorted away in handcuffs by police after staging a sit-in Tuesday at the Alabama office of Sen. […]

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NAACP Sit-in at Alabama Office of Attorney General Nominee

by Associated PressJanuary 3, 2017January 25, 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Several NAACP members, led by their national president, staged a sit-in Tuesday at the Alabama office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions to protest his nomination to […]

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