The nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization turns 100 today and kicks off a one-year celebration (Click here for the NAACP timeline).
The Baltimore-based organization has come a long way in its 100-year history and recently drafted a list of priorities for the Obama administration‘s first year in office.
Image: NAACP Chairman Julian Bond looks at a 1963 portrait of himself when he was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
I just want to say that your being there, over the years, has made for some very joyful evenings for me, THANKS, and keep on being YOU.
