ges to the water system by unelected officials could result in the type of danger to public health that occurred in Flint, Michigan, when the citys drinking water source was switched, leading to widespread lead contamination. That was NAACP national president Cornell Brooks main topic as well.
Date: Apr 20, 2017
Category: Business
Source: Google
NAACP urges national boycott of NC over HB2, other policies
ight now in the state of North Carolina we have children Dear God, children! who are being imperiled, who face the prospect of being bullied as a consequence of politicians using them as political pawns while we talk about bathrooms, said the NAACPs national president, Cornell Brooks.
Date: Feb 24, 2017
Category: U.S.
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Coretta Scott King's 1986 letter opposing Sessions adds last-minute drama to confirmation hearings
King's letter, which was obtained by The Washington Post late Tuesday, could be addressed during what is expected to be lively testimony on Wednesday when civil rights activists such as Cornell Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP, are set to testify. Brooks, along with NAACP leaders in Alabama, w
Date: Jan 11, 2017
Category: U.S.
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Booker opposes Sessions, saying 'law and order without justice is unobtainable'
ve reflected that Sessions defended black voters who had been denied their rights. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who had told Sessions on Tuesday that he was being described unfairly, told NAACP president Cornell Brooks that his organizations voting report card seemed slanted against Republicans.
Date: Jan 11, 2017
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Booker breaks with precedent to testify against Sessions – and earns Republican rebuke
Wednesdays testimony coincided with other civil-rights figures testifying against Sessions including NAACP head Cornell Brooks and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a civil rights icon who marched with Martin Luther King Jr.
Date: Jan 11, 2017
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Death Reignites Hard Questions for Minnesota Black Leaders
Dayton met with black community leaders, including NAACP national president Cornell Brooks, over the weekend. Dayton said last week he wanted to get input from people "on the front lines," because change couldn't be a top-down approach.
Date: Jul 12, 2016
Category: U.S.
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Dallas police shootings could create unwelcome tensions for Black Lives Matter movement
mourn the police officers killed ...beside peacefulprotesters seeking justicefor Sterling and Castile, NAACP president Cornell Brooks tweeted Friday. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who had called Sterlings death a legal lynching, described the Dallas killings asaterrorist attack. On Friday, he s
Date: Jul 08, 2016
Category: U.S.
Source: Google
Jesse Jackson visits Twin Cities as Castile shooting continues to reverberate
conference that a task force was being formed that will include Black Lives Matter to meet with Lindstrom to discuss policing policies, including the demand to end its contract with St. Anthony police. Cornell Brooks, president and CEO of the national NAACP will be flying into the Twin Cities on Sunday.
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