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Supporters of immigration reform to rally in D.C.

Tags: immigration, NAACP

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NAACP seeks answers on college head's departure

The NAACP's Frederick County branch is seeking answers about Frederico Talley's departure last month as president of the county community college.

Tags: NAACP, Frederick County, community college

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Prejean to support Md. death penalty repeal

Author and death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean plans to visit Annapolis to call for a repeal of capital punishment in Maryland.

Tags: NAACP, capital punishment, Benjamin Jealous, death penalty, Troy Davis

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Frederick NAACP looks to change leadership

The president of the Frederick County branch of the NAACP plans to hand over the reins to a successor over the next year or so

Tags: Guy Djoken, NAACP

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Sen. Cardin to visit Eastern Shore

Sen. Ben Cardin will attend a ribbon cutting on a new $9.4 million military police and National Guard facility in Salisbury.

Tags: Ben Cardin, Eastern Shore, National Guard, NAACP

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$3M excessive suit filed against Laurel

The NAACP wants the Maryland State Police to investigate claims a Laurel City police officer struck a handcuffed man multiple times, and the man in custody is suing for $3 million.

Tags: laurel, Craig Moe, NAACP

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NAACP chief: Marriage equality is a civil right

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Monday he hopes the group's resolution supporting same-sex marriage will encourage blacks to support marriage equality as a civil right if the question is put to voters on the ballot in Maryland or other states.

Tags: NAACP, gay marriage, same-sex marriage

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Desegregation project comes to Richmond

A project to gather the stories of Virginians who lived through desegregation of the state's public schools is coming to Richmond.

Tags: norfolk, Javaid Siddiqi, AARP, NAACP, desegregation

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Hundreds rally in Md. in memory of slain Fla. teen

Hundreds of people _ many of them wearing hoodies _ marched through downtown Baltimore's streets to call for justice for a black Florida teenager who police say was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

Tags: Southern Christian Leadership Council, NAACP, Trayvon Martin, Baltimore National Action Network, CASA de Maryland, George Zimmerman

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Voter ID bill passes Senate on Bolling tiebreaker

Legislation forcing voters to bring identification to Virginia polling places on election day won Senate passage Monday after Republican Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling broke a 20-20 partisan deadlock.

Tags: NAACP, Del. Charnielle Herring, Benjamin Chavis

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