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Committee named to find new NAACP president

August 22, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

NAACP Chairman Julian Bond named a nine-member search committee yesterday to replace Kweisi Mfume, who announced last week his resignation as president of the Baltimore-based civil rights group. The committee...

NAACP’S future holds conflict between old, new attitudes

August 22, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

In the NAACP's heyday, church ladies used to sign up members every Sunday, and families gave newborns lifetime memberships as baptism gifts. Today the 95-year-old civil rights group with a...

Diplomat or firebrand: NAACP mulls next leader

August 22, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

The sudden departure of Kweisi Mfume from the NAACP came as a jolt to many civil rights advocates and scholars. But now that Mfume is leaving, many are asking what...

Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president for almost nine years, listens as Chairman Julian Bond speaks at a news conference after the resignation announcement. Photo by André F. Chung, Baltimore Sun

NAACP stability restored, Mfume moves on

August 22, 2019 at 5:28 p.m.

Kweisi Mfume announced his resignation as president of the NAACP yesterday, calling it "the most rewarding and most fulfilling position of my life" while leaving a hole at the top...

Kin arraigned in killings of three children

May 30, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

As the two suspects in the gruesome murder of three Mexican children pleaded not guilty yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court, parents of the victims deplored the charges and insisted police...

People line up to pay their respects to three children killed in their Northwest Baltimore home last week.

‘Oh, it hurts, Lord’; many mourn at viewing

May 30, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

Touched by the tragedy, people streamed into Harlem Park Community Baptist Church last night to offer their respects and comfort to the families of three slain Northwest Baltimore children whom...

Community comes together to weep, support families

May 30, 2019 at 3:51 p.m.

As scores of mourners scattered, seeking refuge from sudden chilly gusts of rain, Luz Kordell remained. Dripping wet, she waited last night for a chance to pray with the families...

When you can’t even afford `affordable’ housing

August 19, 2021 at 10:24 a.m.

A stunning view of downtown Orlando's skyline greets bathers as they gaze eastward from the rooftop pool of the new City View apartments on West Church Street in the city's...

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