#naacp

It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record. ↗

— Joe Baca

#awarded #civil #civil rights #high #honor

The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration. ↗

— Tom Joyner

#earlier #even #integration #naacp #position

I mean you might say he had a travelling post office, but also Barney was very, very active. He was a legal officer for the NAACP and they had a lot of problems after Pease. ↗

— Betty Hill

#after #also #barney #had #i

How did I make a living? I haven't. I have eked out an existence." - Ella Baker ↗

— Gail Collins

#ella-baker #existence #life #naacp #volunteer

[Ella Baker]'s second defining characteristic was her dislike of top-down leadership... 'She felt leaders were not appointed but the rose up. Someone will rise. Someone will emerge'. It was an attitude Baker shared with some of the older women in the movement. ↗

— Gail Collins

#ella-baker #feminism #grassroots-organizing #leadership #naacp

But even at the height of these scandals, even at the time when our finances were at their worst, the NAACP branches - the grassroots - kept plugging away. They kept doing what they do, and they do it well. ↗

— Julian Bond

#branches #doing #even #finances #grassroots

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it's not the only voice. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#black community #community #naacp #only #republicans

Having a Republican candidate speak at the NAACP convention is like trying to build a house starting at the roof. If you don't have a foundation, the roof isn't going to stand. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#candidate #convention #foundation #going #having

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA. ↗

— John F. Kerry

#i #naacp #nra #rather #than

I think segregation is bad, I think it's wrong, it's immoral. I'd fight against it with every breath in my body, but you don't need to sit next to a white person to learn how to read and write. The NAACP needs to say that. ↗

— Clarence Thomas

#bad #body #breath #every #fight