NAACP
Americanabbreviation
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But Billie Green, president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood branch of the NAACP, said Jackson’s campaign would have been more effective if it had joined forces with other organizations that had members within the television industry.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 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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