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Tune in and offer support for  Dr. Marvin (Doc) L. Cheatham, Sr.
He will be making a Public Announcement regarding his  future plans and goals.  Please listen in, share this with your friends and call-in -hopefully with words of encouragment and possible support.
Friday, March 5, 2010
WOLB 1010 AM
Larry Young Morning Show
Radio One, Inc.
8:30 [...]

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NAACP Awards Photo’s

Mo’Nique & sidney

Maxwell

Gabby

Jill Scott
Taraji P. Henson

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It was a winning night for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.
The heart-wrenching tale of an illiterate and abused teen who finds hope in a Harlem classroom was named outstanding motion picture and outstanding independent film at Friday’s ceremony. Stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher and director Lee Daniels also won.

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Mary J. Blige, Morgan Freeman, Jamie Foxx and Sandra Bullock are among the stars set to celebrate diversity in the arts at the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards on Friday.

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The heart-wrenching story of an illiterate and abused Harlem teen who finds hope in a classroom of misfits led the nominations announced Wednesday for the 41st annual NAACP Image Awards.

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In an unprecedented gesture, Tyler Perry has pledged $1 million to the country’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

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The Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP has tapped Loretta Devine to host its 19th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards, which has as its theme “A Salute To Black Theatre.”      
       The event has traditionally been held in June immediately following the BET Awards, but was pushed back this year to Monday, August 31, at 7 p.m. [...]

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Saying that civil rights leaders from decades past paved the way for his election as the nation’s first black commander in chief, President Barack Obama paid homage to the NAACP and advised members that their work remains unfinished.

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The state NAACP is demanding an apology from a former South Carolina official whose Internet posting suggested a gorilla that escaped from the Columbia zoo was an ancestor of first lady Michelle Obama.
 NAACP president Lonnie Randolph said Monday that former Election Commission chairman Rusty DePass has not offered a “proper” apology. Randolph says the [...]

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Please help Re-elect Marvin L. ‘Doc’ Cheatham, Sr. for Baltimore City NAACP President. He deserves our vote!!!

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*With the goal that the 2010 Census include everyone, the Charlotte Regional Census Center has named a former national NAACP leader and community activist, Mary Lee Peeler, to a key regional position.
Peeler will coordinate outreach and promotional efforts during the federal government’s 23rd nationwide headcount in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.
Peeler’s many [...]

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CINCINNATI (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama received a prideful welcome from the annual NAACP convention Monday night, but in a stirring speech to the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, he nonetheless insisted blacks must show greater responsibility for improving their own lives.
The man who could become the first black president urged Washington to provide more [...]

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Benjamin Todd Jealous

President and CEO
Benjamin Todd Jealous served as President of the Rosenberg Foundation- a private independent institution that supports advocacy efforts to make significant improvements in the lives of California’s working families and recent immigrants. He was the fourth person to hold the position since the Foundation was founded in 1935.
Mr. Jealous was Director [...]

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