By The Admin on July 13, 2010
The NAACP said at its convention in Missouri it will march on Washington Oct. 2 to mark intensified social problems during the recession. At its 101st annual convention in Kansas City, the NAACP also called for rebuttals against what it said was the Tea Party movement’s racism, and asked for people to join the march [...]
Posted in Policy & Issues | Tagged March on Washington, NAACP, NAACP convention
By The Admin on August 20, 2008
TourĂ© F. Reed, Black Agenda Report – August 28, 2008 marks the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington. Forty-fifth anniversaries rarely garner the kind of attention reserved for their quarter and half-century counterparts. But as the Democratic Party prepares to nominate a black man as its presidential candidate on the anniversary of the march, [...]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Candidates | Tagged Barack Obama, James Clyburn, March on Washington