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NAACP Religious Leaders & Rev. Franklin Graham Hold Historic Meeting In North Carolina

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NAACP Religious Leaders & Rev. Franklin Graham Hold Historic Meeting In North Carolina

Today, members of the NAACP Religious Leaders Roundtable, the Religious Affairs Committee of the NAACP Board of Directors and other evangelicals met with Rev. Franklin Graham, President and CEO of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and President/CEO of Samaritan's Purse.  The group held the first meeting of its kind to discuss the use of faith as a political weapon and how to advance a new narrative about the meaning evangelicalism.

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Longtime Civil Rights Activists Lewis A. Brandon, III and Rev. Nelson Johnson present to local mentoring group

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Longtime Civil Rights Activists Lewis A. Brandon, III and Rev. Nelson Johnson present to local mentoring group

Longtime civil rights activists Mr. Lewis A. Brandon, III and Rev. Nelson Johnson spoke to a group of young men from the African American Male Leadership Summit of the Beta Epsilon Boulé, on March 14 at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum, about their experiences from the civil rights movement in Greensboro.

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THE BELOVED COMMUNITY CENTER GRASSROOTS HISTORY PROJECT Presents FROM GREENSBORO TO THE NATION AND BEYOND: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT

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THE BELOVED COMMUNITY CENTER GRASSROOTS HISTORY PROJECT Presents FROM GREENSBORO TO THE NATION AND BEYOND: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT

A limited pictorial presentation (spanning the period between the early 1900's and the late 1970s) about local personalities, who were native to, had residency in, and/or began their formative working years in Greensboro and subsequently rose to national and international prominence in their chosen professions.

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JOHNSONS RECEIVE HUMAN RIGHTS MEDAL

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JOHNSONS RECEIVE HUMAN RIGHTS MEDAL

 Rev. Nelson N. Johnson and Joyce Hobson-Johnson, civil rights activists and community leaders, are recipients of North Carolina A&T State University’s Human Rights Medal. The medal will be presented to the couple at the university’s annual Sit-In Anniversary Breakfast on Wednesday, Feb. 1.


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