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Despite these tough economic times, Cleveland’s warehouse district appears to be booming but with success sometimes comes controversy and in this case the NAACP says it is in the form of racism.
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CLEVELAND, OH – A Cleveland hot spot is under fire.
The NAACP believes police are targeting African-Americans in the Warehouse District, and want immediate change.
NAACP and public officials held a Thursday morning press conference, urging Mayor Frank Jackson to get more involved after repeated racially-charged incidents in the Warehouse District. Officials say the problems are ongoing and seem to revolve around dress code issues.
The latest incident
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celebs get fab for the 20th annual NAACP Awards
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Benjamin L. Hooks, a civil rights leader who led the NAACP from 1977 to 1992, has died, said the vice president for communication at the NAACP.
The cause of death was not immediately known, the NAACP’s Leila McDowell said Thursday.
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The NAACP recently elected their youngest Board Chairman Roslyn M. Brock. Read her story here.
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In the summer of 1908, the country was shocked by the account of the race riots at Springfield, Illinois. Here, in the home of Abraham Lincoln, a mob containing many of the town’s “best citizens,” raged for two days, killed and wounded scores of Negroes, and drove thousands from the city. And because of this the NAACP was born.
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