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NAACP Convention Opens in Mississippi Amid Civil Rights Focus
The 60th annual NAACP convention opens in Jackson with about 2000 delegates and 452 000 members. Speakers include George W Romne y and Bishop Stephen G Spottswood as the six day session covers housing employment and education while the youth division meets separately. The event marks the first national NAACP convention in Jackson and honors martyrs of the Mississippi civil rights struggle while noting progress in voter registration and Black political gains since 1965.
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Jackson
Miss
UPI
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
South
George W. Romney
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Stephen G. Spottswood
Naacp Board of Directors
M Nation
NAACP
Mississippi