NAACP
Americanabbreviation
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Mike Asfall, president of Beverly Hills/Hollywood Branch of the NAACP, said he’s been working behind the scenes with city officials and the police chief over issues of race and policing.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026
At the end of 1955, Rosa Parks, the secretary of the NAACP, staged a similar protest and entered history.
From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026
Working with the NAACP, it contributed to a series of lawsuits that would ultimately help overturn the Plessy v.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025
In a statement Derrick Johnson, head of the civil rights group NAACP, said: “These actions are not normal.”
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2024
In the days before Claudette’s trial, E. D. Nixon also called Rosa Parks, a soft-spoken, forty-two-year-old professional seamstress who had for many years been secretary of the Montgomery NAACP.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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