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NAACP convention was a success
Published Monday, August 4, 2008
Greetings Natchez friends of the NAACP.
Just a note to let you know that our great organization — the voice of black Americans and other underprivileged peoples around the world — is alive, active and attracting future leaders.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People convened in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 12-17.
My wife, Alma, and I along with 160 Mississippi delegates attended the 99th convention of this great organization. The city of Cincinnati rolled out the red carpet to us for five days. There were welcoming signs posted everywhere, even on the sidewalk pavement. Merchants, public officials, city employees, hotel staffers and many other entities wore welcome badges. There was a mobile police unit stationed at the convention site — Duke Entergy Center — displaying a large welcoming banner.
The city is filled with the historical struggle of the black man, and those who helped our cause. The city boasts of having the National Underground Railroad Museum. We visited it and it was awesome.
Now, enough of that. The business of this convention was to re-energize, rekindle our freedom fires and recommit ourselves to the arduous work of the NAACP.
The theme was “Power, Justice, Freedom — Vote!” The goal was the reviving of NAACP members to educate our communities to register to vote and then exercise that privilege and freedom.
There were approximately 8,000 convention attendees present from all corners of the United States. There were lectures, caucuses, luncheons, dinners and social events.
The Cincinnati branch hosted the convention and did an outstanding job.
There were many national notables present including, presidential candidates Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain, Gov. Paterson of New York and many others.
The youth and college delegates were given special treats including educational tours, motivational speakers, movies and other delights.
Mississippi had the second largest visiting delegation — 160. North Carolina had 185.
The Mississippi delegation was treated to a dinner by Entergy Corp., a catfish dinner by the Mississippi Catfish Association and entertainment for the evening by our own blues legend, Bobby Rush and company.
Next year will be the 100th celebration of the NAACP in New York City.
Get ready and lets ride the freedom train together in style to New York City.
The Rev. Clifton Marvel is first vice president of the Natchez branch of the NAACP.
Comments
Posted by Incognito (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 7:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Now lets roll up our sleeves and get to work in resolving issue that plague our communities!!!!!!!
Posted by Hambone (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 8:35 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"the voice of black Americans and other underprivileged peoples around the world"
Black Americans are not underprivileged.
Posted by Negotiator (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 10:16 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Is J. C. Watts a member? I trust his judgement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._C._Watts...
Posted by GopherBaroque (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 1:42 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Is white a color? If I remember my science classes white is a combination of all colors.
Posted by natchezsouthside (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 2:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
How about espousing that all Americans have the same opportunity?
What you do with that opportunity is up to YOU.
It is YOUR life. Run it.
Posted by allgood (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 4:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
OK WHERE WAS JESSIE JACKSON? NAACP IS FOR NEGROS ONLY. Come on who else is sick of black this black that.
Posted by Negotiator (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 6:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Jesse is stuck in a time warp.... he's toast.
As much as I hate to admit it, Al Sharpton has read the hand writing on the wall. He knows the victim mentality is no longer applicable and his actions of late reflect my observation.
Posted by Incognito (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 8:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Allgood, do you know that white people belong to the NAACP, and that white people marched with black people during the Civil Rights Movement?
If you feel that the NAACP is non-legitimate, then turn your head or back, which ever is acceptable to you.
What I find is that some people will not/ or are afraid to admit that inequality exists in American society, which restricts healing and growth.
Negotiator, you may want to check out this article since you trusts JC Watts' judgement.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?f...
Posted by straightshooter1 (anonymous) on August 4, 2008 at 8:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't trust Obama's judgement. Check this out:
ELECTION 2008
Book links Obama to massacre of Christians
Senator's continuing ally launches genocidal tribal violence
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Posted: August 03, 2008
9:35 pm Eastern
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
Barack Obama and Raila Odinga
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama has continued to support Kenya's Raila Odinga, even after Odinga has been blamed for inciting tribal violence and slaughtering Christians, according to an explosive new book written by WND senior staff reporter Jerome R. Corsi.
In "The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality," Corsi argues that Odinga's protests following his loss to U.S.-backed Mwai Kibaki in Kenya's 2007 presidential election led to a wave of tribal and religious violence aimed against Kibaki's majority Kikuyu tribe.
The violence Obama's ally was blamed for included the slaughter of some 50 Pentecostal Christians.
As WND reported earlier, during his first visit to Kenya as a U.S. Senator in 2006, Obama openly campaigned for Odinga, to the point where Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua accused Obama of meddling inappropriately in Kenyan presidential politics. Mutua charged during a television news video that Obama had become a "stooge" to Odinga during the Kenyan presidential election campaign. Obama's father belonged to the same Luo tribe as Odinga.
In the disputed Dec. 27, 2007, presidential vote, Odinga charged he was denied winning the presidency by voter fraud.
After the election, Odinga pressed for a power-sharing arrangement in which he would be the prime minister in a government where Kibaki was president, with the two factions sharing a 50-50 power split in the cabinet.
Odinga's claim led to widespread fighting that killed more than 1,000 people in the weeks after the election, leaving more than 350,000 Kenyans displaced.
While proving involvement is difficult, many in Kenya assumed the post-election violence was supported, if not organized, behind the scenes by Odinga and his Orange Democratic Movement party.
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