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�FIRST LADY HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
REMARKS AT THE NAACP 86TH ANNUAL CONVENTION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
JULY 13, 1995
Thank you, Myrlie [Evers-Williams] for that gracious
introduction. And let me congratulate all of you for your wise
selection of Myrlie as your new board chairman. She is a woman
of extraordinary talent and integrity, who has devoted most of
her life to the search for both petsonal and social justice. She
is a great American "shero" who has drawn great strength from
adversity and who is motivated not by bitterness, but by love.
I predict she will lead the NAACP to its greatest heights in the
coming years.
I am extremely happy to be able to participate in this historic
meeting. For 8.6 years, the NAACP has been America's vigilant,
peaceful warrior for racial justice. Even though we still have a
long way to go, I shudder to think where we would be today
without your brilliant legal and political and moral leadership.
Yours has been the steadfast guiding hand in this nation's
continuing struggle to loosen the stubborn grip of racism that
has stunted but not stopped our progress for more than 219 years.
For that, every American owes you the deepest debt of gratitude.
We meet here at a time of unprecedented challenge ·and change. I
believe when historians look back at this last decade of the 20th
century, they will recall this as a time of the greatest change
in America since the industrial revolution. The new global
economy in which jobs and capital, technology and ideas move
across borders at lightning speed, holds out unprecedented
promise. But this new eco~omy also places tremendous pressures
on our families, our comril.unities, our values. Americans are
working longer and harder than ever·before. The time when we
could come into this world, grow up, go to school and work with
the same people, raise our famil_j. es, live beside the same
neighbors -- all in the same to~n
is a distant memory for
many.
These changes are affecting all of us: individuals, families,
government, and organizations like the NAACP. There are some
interesting parallels between tbe recent experiences of the NAACP
and the Democratic party. Both organizations are fighting to
increase their membership. Botti groups have experienced some
setbacks during the past year. We've both experienced our share
of internal turmoil and infighting. We are both engaged in a
healthy debate about our changing roles as we enter the 21st
century. And we share a deep '-nterest in several issues that are
currently being debated'- namely Affirmative Action and Voting
Rights.
As you know, the President has expressed his disappointment at
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the Supreme Court decision in the Georgia congressional
redistricting case. He described the decision as a setback in
the struggle to ensure that all Americans participate fully in
the electoral process, and it threatens to undermine the promise
of the Voting Rights Act. He also made it clear that his
Administration remains firmly committed to full enforcement of
the Voting Rights Act. And he pledged that he would not let this
setback turn.back the clock. The Clinton Administration will not
abandon those citizens who look to the Voting Rights Act to
protect their constitutional rights.
The President also recognizes that the Supreme Court raised the
hurdle, but did not make it insurmountable in setting a new legal
standard for judging affirmative action in the Adarand decision.
He has cautioned people on both sides of the affirmative action
debate not to use the Court's ruling as a reason to abandon our
national commitment t9 inclusion and equal opportunity.
While the constitutional test is now tougher than it was, the
President is confident that the test can be met in many cases.
We know that from the experience of State and local governments
which have operated under tougher standard for some years now.
Let me be clear, despite great progress, the President is well
aware that discrimination and exclusion on the basis of race and
gender are still facts of life in America. We have always
believed that affirmative action is needed to remedy
discrimination and to create a more inclusive society that truly
provides equal opportunity. But, the President has also said
that affirmative action must be carefully justified and must be
done the right way. His. Administration continues to stand in
solidarity with you and all Americans who are committed to a fair
and thoughtful conversation aboqt how we can work together to
build a_ more just society.
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On a personal note, let me say that I know that both the NAACP
and the Democratic party w~ll weather these current storms, and.
emerge stronger for the chaJ!lenge. And the primary reason is the
quality of leadership. Myrlie Evers-Williams and Bill Clinton
are born fighters and both have extraordinary vision. In the
immortal words of Apollo 13 flight director Gene Kranz, for them,
"Failure is not an option." So, we will not turn back and we
will not give up.
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But none of this will matter if we don't do something about the
everyday problems of children and families in this country. As
many of you know, I have spent the past 25 years working to
improve conditions for America's children -- much of it through
my work with the Children's Defense Fund. I am currently writing
a book on the responsibility we owe our children. The title is
taken from the African proverb, "It takes a village to raise a
child.'' I'd like to take a few moments to talk to you about what
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�we must do together to give our phildren a better future.
I am delighted to see so many young people here and to know that
this organization is making a strong investment in the nurturing
and development of our children. You understand, as the
President does, that an investment in our people, especially our
children, represents our best hope for the 21st century.
Your continued leadership is crucial because today, the youngest
among us face new and greater burdens than ever before. For
decades, Americans have prided ourselves on the high aspirations
and expectations we have held for children. But today, we find
ourselves at a rare moment in history when we must decide as a
nation how much children really matter to us.
Our children are in crisis. Twenty-three percent of American
children live in poverty, and millions go without essential
services everyday. Too many children are having children.
Drugs, violence and abuse continue to claim the future and even
the lives of our young people b~fore they reach adulthood.
Just when we need to be intensifying our search for solutions to
these problems, there are some who appear to be waging a fullscale assault on nearly every program that helps the neediest,
most vulnerable and disadvantaged among us. The President has
described recent actions in Congress as a war on the children of
America. The war is taking many forms: cuts in current funding,
elimination of programs, withdrawal of guarantees and block
grants in the name of state flexibility. If the wrong side wins
in this war on children, the fallout will reach far beyond the
billions in cuts in children's programs over the next five years.
It will reach far beyond Ba~ey and Big Bird and school lunches;
far beyond summer jobs and ald for children with disabilities.
What will be lost is our notion of who we are as a people and
what we stand for as a society.
Let's remember that cuttingprograms that help children is not
going to significantly reduce the deficit. The only people who
will benefit from the evisceration of children's programs are
families earning more than $200,000 a year who will be eligible
for a capital gains tax cut. We have learned that the Contract
with America is indeed a financ.:j,.:al arrangement, one that assigns
far more importance to the interests of the very wealthy and the
very powerful, than to the interests of the poor and the
powerless. But like all contracts involving our children, this
contract requires a parent's signature. It is time for parents,
and indeed all of us, to stand up and say, I'm not going to sign .
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Let's talk for a minute about what the cuts proposed by this
Congress would mean. The cuts would mean that thousands of
children would be denied acces&. to Head Start. Tens of thousands
of our most disadvantaged chil~en would no longer receive
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services under Title 1. Goals 2000, a bipartisan effort to
support community and school attempts to raise academic standards
and encourage students to work hard, would be eliminated. Grants
. for safe schools and teacher training would be cut by more than a
quarter. Summer jobs for at-risk youth would be gone in less
than a decade, along with thousands of AmeriCorps opportunities.
Millions of students would face higher interest rates on their
college loans, making it more difficult for them to complete
their degree. Pell Grants would be cut for millions more
students. And proposed Medicaid reductions mean that millions of
children would lose coverage.
The very foundation that we have built to promote work over
welfare and strengthen families is in jeopardy. As a friend of
mine said, recently, cutting billions out of child nutrition
programs and foster care and adoption programs is not so much a
revolution as "a massacre of innocents." If Congress weakens
these programs, it will represeq~ a total reversal of an historic
commitment our nation has made tb children. I think we can agree
that this is not the path forward for America or her children.
What is needed is a reaffirmation among the American people of
our long-held belief that every citizen -~ riGh or poor, urban or
rural, black, brown, red or white, young or old -- has the right
and responsibility to rise as far as their God-given talents and
determination can take them, and to give something back to their
society in return. That is a principle that has guided us for
more than a century in our efforts to nurture and protect our
children.
Throughout much of our history, children's programs have received
broad bi-partisan support because there is such compelling
evidence that early intervention saves money and lives, and
reaffirms the values of opportunity and responsibility that built
America.
Yet today, poor children and families are viewed less as fellow
citizens who need help, than as culprits for everything that is
wrong in society. Drugs, violence, out-of-wedlock births, and
abuse are looked upon as afflictions only of the poor, and in
turn, it is poor children and families who are singled out for
punishment.
My minister gave a sermon recently in which he related the story
in Leviticus about the ancient Israelites who annually placed all
of their miseries and sins on the head of a goat and then sent
the goat off into the wilderness. When the goat reached the
wilderness, the tribe was cleansed of all problems, all evils,
all sins. This is an apt parable for what is happening in
America today. In today's ~ociety; the goat is poor children and
their parents. Anq somehow'we think we can rid ourselves of all
our social problems by scapegoating children and exiling them to
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a wilderness of greater poverty and hopelessness.
Some in Washington and around the country justify these extreme
budget cuts by saying, we have all these children's programs in
place, but things are only getting worse. Obviously, the
programs don't make a difference. Well, nobody ever conceived of
government programs as a panacea. We all know that government
alone cannot solve these problems. A school lunch program can
help a child's physical and intellectual development, but it
can't provide shelter. A nutrition program for pregnant women
can increase the likelihood of a healthy baby, but it can't pay
the rent.
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To overcome poverty, children and families need the basic
necessities in life. They also need to be buffered by a strong
economy. As the National Council of Bishops stated in a pastoral
letter in 1991, entitled Putting Families First, " ... many
families are poor because of economic forces beyond their
control: recession, industrial restructuring, erosion of real
wages, unemployment and, [yes], discrimination in hiring and
promotion."
Government does have a role to play. Meaningful deficit
reduction, the creation of nearly seven million new jobs,
investments in the skills and training of our people -- these are
the structural changes that, as the President has fought for and
articulated, will help lift children and families out of poverty
over the long run.
But, that letter goes on to say that the most important work on
behalf of our children must be done "in our homes and in our
neighborhoods, and our community organizations."
Parents and families must take the lead. They must be willing to
make the sacrifices necessary to create conditions within the
family that enable children to flourish. Young men and women
must postpone having children until they have the means to
provide love, support, and responsible care. And in other cases,
parents with children should think harder and longer about
divorce and, instead, put their children's needs and interests
first. Child support, as the President has made clear, has to be
part of what it means to be a responsible, decent parent.
So, as we search for a solution to today's real social problems,
we must avoid an unbalanced approach that both robs children of
services and fails to address broad economic and social forces
that contribute to poverty in the first place. Both national
policies and personal values mu~t play a role. It is time to end
the false debate that pits one ~gainst the other. We need to
support both if we expect to have healthy children.
In the days ahead, as Congress works on social issues, the test
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of every policy and every budget decision should be whether it
helps children and strengthens families. I want you to know that
the White House will work with you to ensure that our children
are kept from harm.
In the words of another peaceful warrior, Mahatma Ghandi, who was
born 125 years ago, and whose life inspired the work of two of
the world's greatest champions of civil rights, Martin Luther
King, Jr. and Nelson Mandela, "If we are to teach real peace in
this world, we shall have to begin with our children."
Thank you.
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�STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT
AUGUST 4, 1995
This Sunday, August 6, 1995, marks the 30th anniversary of the
Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing the right to vote to all
Americans, regardless of race. Passed by a bipartisan majority
in Congress and signed by President Lyndon Johnson after years of
bloody confrontations, and even murder, the Voting Rights Act has
correctly been recognized as the single most important civil
rights law our Nation has ever adopted. It was accomplished
through the sacrifice of thousands of Americans of all colors who
courageously faced down a terrible injustice.
At the time the Voting Rights Act was enacted, peopl~ of color in
many parts of the country were denied the right to exercise the
most fundamental right of American democracy -- the right to
vote. African American voter registration was practically nonexistent in many areas due to an organized system of
disenfranchisement, often backed by brutal intimidation, designed
to fence people out of tpe political process.
In the 30 years since the enactment of the Voting Rights Act,
minority registration rates have soared and thousands of people
who once could nbt get elected simply because of the color of
their skin are serving in Congress, state houses, and city halls
throughout the country.
More important than those results, however, has been the effect
of opening our democracy to all Americans. The Voting Rights Act
, guarantees that no American need ever again be afraid to register
to vote. No American.need ever again fear the walk to the
polling place. No American need ever again fear that their vote
is not wanted or won't count.
In signing the law, President Johnson said, "This act flows from
a clear and simple wrong. Its only purpose is to right that
wrong ... The wrong is one which no American, in his heart can
justify. The right is one which no American, true to our
principles, can deny."
On this 30th anniversary, my Administration reaffirms its
commitment to the full enforcement of the Voting Rights Act. We
must continue to protect the right of every American to fully
participate in the electoral process. I challenge Americans of
all races and colors to rededicate ourselves to exercising bur
precious right to vote. Voting is the oxygen of democracy and
millions of Americans have given their last breath to keep that
right alive. So, even as we celebrate 30 years of righting a
terrible wrong, we must keep working to make sure that 30 years
from now, every American over the age of 18 is a voting American.
�Daniel 3 (English-RSV)
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King Nebuchadnez'zar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set
it up on the plain ofDura, in the province of Babylon.
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Then King Nebuchadnez'zar sent to assemble the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the
treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the
image which King Nebuchadnez'zar had set up.
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Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates,
and all the officials of the provinces, were assembled for the dedication of the image that King
Nebuchadnez'zar
had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnez'zar had set up.
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And the herald proclaimed aloud, "You are commanded, 0 peoples, nations, and languages,
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that when you hear the sound of the hom, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to
fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnez'zar has set up;
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and whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."
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Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every
kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image which King
Nebuchadnez'zar had set up.
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Therefore at that time certain Chalde'ans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
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They said to King Nebuchadnez'zar, "0 king, live for ever!
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You, 0 king, have made a decree, that every man who hears the sound ofthe horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp,
bagpipe, and every kind of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
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and whoever does not fcill down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.
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There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province ofBabylon: Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed'nego. These men, 0 king, pay no heed to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the
golden image which you have set up."
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Then Nebuchadnez'zar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego be brought. Then
they brought these men before the king.
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Nebuchadnez'zar said to them, "Is it true, 0 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, that you do not serve my
gods or worship the golden image which I have set up?
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Now ifyou are ready.when you hear the sound ofthe horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of
music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well and good; but if you do not worship, you
shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace; and who is the god that will deliver you out of my
r:< hands?"
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in this matter.
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If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us
out of your hand, 0 king.
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But if not, be it known to you, 0 king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you
have set up."
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Then Nebuchadnez'zar was full of fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed'nego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
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And he ordered certain mighty men ofhis army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, and to cast them
into the burning fiery furnace.
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Then these men were bound in their mantles, their tunics, their hats, and their other garments, and they were
cast into the burning fiery furnace.
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Because the Icing's order was strict and the furnace very hot, the flame of the fire slew those men who took up
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego.
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And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, fell bound into the burning fiery furnace.
Then King Nebuchadnez'zar was astonished and rose up in haste. He said to his counselors, "Did we not cast
three men bound into the fire?" They answered the king, "True, 0 king."
He answered, "But I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the
appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods."
Then Nebuchadnez'zar came near;- to the door of the burning fiery furnace and said, " Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed'nego, servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed'nego came out from the fire.
And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the Icing's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire
had not had any power over the bodies of those men; the hair of their heads was not singed, their mantles were
not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.
Nebuchadnez'zar said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, who has sent his angel and
delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set at nought the Icing's command, and yielded up their bodies
rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.
Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against· the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abed'nego shall be tom limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins; for there is no other god
who is able to deliver in this way."
Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego in the province ofBabylon.
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COMMERCE & INDUSTRY SHOW
Minncapoti5 Convention Cc:nta=r
10:00 A.M. - i:OO P.M. & 2:00P.M. -6:00P.M.
Minority Vendor Program
MiMeapoJis Convention Cen~r. Hall 2
Noon - 6:00 P.M.
JOB FAIR
Minneapolis Convention Center, Hall 2
8:00 A.M - 6:00 P.M.
ANNUIU. CONVEN110N REGISTRATION
Minneapolis Convention Cenaer, Lobby
1:00 - 9:15 A.M.
REGIONAL MEEIINGS FUR ORGANIZATION & ELECI10N OF
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9-.30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
FIR8J' PLENARY SESSION
Minncapotis Convention Cemer. Ballrooms A & B
Praiding:
Honorable FIM Banks
Chair, NAACP Legal Committee
Member, National NAACP Board of Ditecton
Jackson. Mi.ssi.Wppi
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Monday, July JO, 1995 (Continued)
Parliamentarian:
Franklin Breckenridge, Vice Chair
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Ellman. Indiana
Invocation:
Rev. Richard Coleman, Pastor
St. Peter's AME Church
Minneapolis, MiMesota
Welcome and Greetings:
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Chair, National NAACP Board of Directors
Bend~ Oregon
Earl T. Shinhoster
Acting ExeCutive Director. NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
The Honorable Joan Benson
Lt. Governor, State of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honorable Norm Coleman
Mayor, City of St. Paul
St. Paul, Minnesota
Bill Davis
~ident, Minneapolis NAACP Branch
Minneapolis, Minnesota
SPECIAL SESSION FOR NOMINATIONS OF NATIONAL .BOARD OF DIRECmRS
PAKI1AL REPORf OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMI1TEE
Special Presentations·
Virgis W. Colbert
Vice President, Plant Operations
Miller Brewing Company
Milwaukee, W1SC011Sin
PRFSENTATION OF WILLIAM ROBEKf MING ADVOCACY AWARD
Presenror:
Honorable Fred Banks, Chair
NAACP Legal Committee
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Jackson, Mississippi
Recepient:
Presiding:
Earl W. Trent. Jr., Esq., Chair
Legal Redress Committee, Philadelphia NAACP Branch
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Myrtie Ewrs-Williams
Chair, National NAACP Board of Direcrors
Bend, Oregon
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Introduction of Speaker:
Speaker:
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l99S RESOLUTIONS
Presiding:
. Ben F. Andrews, Jr., Chair
1995 Resolutions Comrriinee
Member. National NAACP Board of Directors
Hartford, Connecticut
Benediction:
Rev. Thomas Fanrroy, Pastor
Pilgrim Baptist Church
St. Paul. Minncsora
2:30 P.M.-6:00P.M.
COMMitTEE ON BRANCHES AND YOU1H WORK
Minneapolis Convention Center. Room 204
2:30 P.M. - S:OO P.M.
SPECIAL SESSION ACI'-80 AWARDS CEREMONY
Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballroom A & B
4:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
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Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 213 & A&. B
7:00P.M.
PUBLIC MASS MEETING
IDUTH NIGHT
Choir:
Gospel Music Workshop of American Choir
Minnesota Muss Choir
Minneapolis &. St. Paul, Minnesota
Presiding:
Ayanna Boykins
National Youth Work Committee
011'1Aha, Ncbrulca
Invocation:
Elder Joseph
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St. Paul COOIC
St. Paul. Minnesota
LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING
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MGREATF.Sr CIVIL RJGIITS LEADERS" ESSAY AWARD
($10,000 ANHEUSER BUSCH C<l, INC)
Scholarship Recipient:
Edward S. Jackson, Jr.
Presenror:
Dr. Fredda Witherspoon
Assistant Treasurer, Crisis Publishing Co., Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri
Youth Challenge:
PRESEN'TADON OF 1111£ SIX1ll ANNUAL GLOSI'ER B. CURRENT AWARDS
Presenters:
Earl T. Sbinhoster
Acting E=.-utivc Director, NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
Recipients:
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Introduction of Speaker:
Address:
Honorable Kweisi Mfume
7th District
U.S. House of Representatives
Baltimore, Maryland
Special Presentation:
Lorraine Person, Acting Director
Nalional 'tbuth and College Oivision, NAACP
Detroit, Michigan
Benediction:
Father Kevin McDonough
St. Joan of An: Catholic Clurch
MinneapoJi5, MinlleliiUUI
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NATIONAL IDUTH COMMI'I"''EE
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211
9:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.
FIR8I' PLENARY SESSION
Minncapalis Convention Cemu. Ballroc:nm A & B
Presiding;
Honorable Fn:d &nb
Chair, NAACP Legal Committee
Member, NationaJ NAACP Board of Direaors
Jackson, Mississippi
Parlwm:nb&rim:
f'niDkliD Bn:ckenrid.ge, Vice Chair
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Elkhan. Indiana
Invocation:
Rev. Richard Coleman, Pastor
St. ft1cn AME Cln1rch
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Weh~ome
and Greetings:
Myrlie Even;-W'alliams
Chair, National NAACP Board of Directors
Bead, Oregon
Earl T. Shinhoster
Acting E.Uleutive Oil-ector, NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
The Honorable Joan Benson
Lt. Governor, State of M!nnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Youth Progi'QI1r, Mondlly. July 10. 1995 (Continued)
Honorable Norm Coleman
Mayor, City of St. Paul
Sr. Paul. MinneUlla
Bill DilvU;
~ident,
Minneapolis NAACP Bnmch
Minneapolis, Minnesota
SPECIAL SESSION FOR NOMINATIONS OF NATIONAL IK1\RD OF DIRECTORS
PAJmAL REPOKI' OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTJ!'.E
Special Presenwions:
Virgis W. ·Colbert
Vice President, Plant Operations
Miller Brewing Company
MUnube, Wisconsin
Presiding:
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Chair. National NAACP Baud of Directors
Bend. Oregon
10:00 A.M. • 5:00 P.M.
MR. & MISS NAACP CORONATION BALL REHEARSAL
(CONTESI'AN1S ONLY)
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. Mirage Room
10:00 A.M. • 6:00 P.M.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SHOW
Minneapolis Convcnlion Center
10:00
A.M. • 6:00 P.M.
MINORITY VENDOR PROGRAM
MinneapOlis Coavention Center, Hall 2
/
12:00 NOON· 6:00P.M.
JOB FAIR
Minneapolis Convenrion Cemer, Hall 2
L-GO P.M. - %;31 P.M.
'YOUTH PLENARY SESSION
Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 101
Praiding:
Kimberly WeaYer, Chair
NAACP "Mlrk Commtnee
Baltimore, Maryland
Invocation:
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Youth Program. Mo!Uiay. July 10. 1995 (Continued)
7:00 P.M. • 9:00 P.M.
PUBLIC MASS MEETING
YOIITH NIGHT
Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballrooms A & B
Theme:
MJIAD-BEING BLACK, ACCEPI'ING THE
CHALLENGE AND
Presiding:
Ayanna
DEi~\'lNG
THE
ODD~..,
~kins
Member, National NAACP Boani of
D~a
Member, National Youth Work Committee, Region N
Omaha, Neb~
IJMX:ation:
Elder Joseph \\ebb
St. Paul COPIC
St. Paul Minnesota
LIFT EV'RY VOICE AND SING
\lklcomc:
Kendra Dunun. Member
National Youlb Work Committee. Region IV
Omaha, Nebraska
Colonel Charles Bolden
U.S. Marine Corps
Former Astronaut
Currently Assigned at U.S. Naval Academy
Annapnli~;,
Maryland
TilE W.E.B. DUBOIS ESSAY CONTEST ($10,000 ANHEUSER BUSCH
Scholarship Recipient:
Presenror:
en, INC)
Edward S. Jackson, Jr
Dr. Fredda Witherspoon
Chairpenon, Blue Ribbon Panel
The Crisis Mtzgazi.M
St. Louis, Missouri
Youth Challenge:
Kim Weaver. Chair
NAACP National Youth Work Committee
Baltimore, Maryland
PRESENTATION OF TilE SIXTH ANNUAl. Gl.ll~ B. CURRENT AWARDS
EArl T. Shinh051Cr
Acting Executive Director, NAACP
Baltimore. Maryland
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�Hluth Program. Monday, July 10, 1995 (Coruirwed)
Recipients:
Region 1:
Region ll:
Region m:
Region IV:
Region V:
Region VI:
Region VU:
Introduction of Speaker:
Honorable Kweisi Mfume
7th District, U.S. House of Representatives
Baltimo~.
Maryland
PRESENTATION OF THE SECOND ANNUAL MEDGAR EVERS YOUTH WRITERS
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Presentor:
Evangeline Ouidey
National NAACP Youth Work Commiucc Region I
Canon. California
Spcc1al Presentation:
Lorraine Person, Acting Di.redor '\buth & College
Diwion/Youth Director Region
Highland Park, Michigan
Remarks:
•
m
Rupert Richardson
National NAACP Prc&idcnt
President, Louisiana State Conference of NAACP Branches
Balon Rouge, Louisiana
i.eoJWd Springs,
Chair, SCF Boanl of TI'\IR:Q
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Charlotte, North Carolina
Benediction:
Fllber Kevin McDonough
St. Joan of Arc Calholic Cbuteh
Minneapolis, Minnesoca
9:00 P.M. - 12:30 P.M.
NAACP YOUTH SOCIAL (OPEN TO ALL REGISTERED YOUTH)
REGISTRATION MDGES REQUIRED
Hyatt Regency~ Nicollet Billroom
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�TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1995
10:00 A.M. - ll:OO NOON & 2;00 P.M. • 6:00 P.M.
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SHOW
Minneapolis Convention Cenrer, Hall 3
10:00 P.M. - U:OO P.M. & 2:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
MINORITY VENOOR PROGRAM
Minneapolis Convention Center. Hall 2
8:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.
ANNUAL CONVENTION REGISTRATION
Minneapolis Convention Center. Lobby
8:00 .. 9:1S A.M.
REGIONAL COMMITTEE SELECI'ION MEETINGS
Minneapolis Convention Center
REGION l
REGION II
REGION· III
REGION IV
·REGION V
REGION VI
REGION VII
Room 208
Rooms 101 -A-E
Room 103
Room 205
Room 102
Rooms 101 - F-J
Room 211
9:00A.M.
CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Minneapolis Convention Center. Room 202 8
9:30A.M. - U:30 P.M.
SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION
Presiding:
Wayman F. Smith, III
Member SCF Trustees
St. Louis. Missouri
Pari iamentarian:
Honorable Charles V. Johnson
Seattle. Washington
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Tuesday, July 11. 1995 (Continued)
Invocation:
Rev. W.O. Battle, Pastor
Grace Temple Deliverance Center
MiMeapolis, Minnesota
REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
.Kemar.lcs:
Mr. Lane Kirkland
President, AFL·CIO
Washington, D.C.
Bun.DING BRIDGES TO ACHIEVE AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
Presiding:
Mr. William Johnson
Panelist:
Fred Rasheed
Director, NAACP Economic 1Jevelopment
East Oran~e. New Jersey
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: THE PRESIDENT'S AWARD
Prcscntor:
Mrs. Rupen Richardson
National NAACP President
President, Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Recipient:
Dr. Leon Sullivan, Chair & Convenor
Third African-American Summit
Founder, International Foundation for Education and
Self Help
Phoenix, Arizona
NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS' PRESENTATION: AFRICAN AMERICANS AT
11fE CROSS ROADS: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
Moderator:
Professor Charles Ogletree
SchooJ of Law
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachussetts
Panelists:
Honorable Sharon Sayles Belton
Mayor, Minneapolis, Minnesota
· William Lucy, Secretary-Treasurer
Association of Federal, Sr.ue. County and Municipal
Employees
Washington, D.C.
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�Tuesda)•, July 11. 1995
(Continued)
Julianne Malveaux
The Julianne Malveaux Show
WPFW (FM)
Washington. D.C.
I'rofc:ssor RonaJd Walters, Chairman
Oepanment of Political Science
Howard University
Washington. D.C.
Kim Weaver, Chairperson
NAACP Youth Work Committee
Baltimore, -Maryland
DeWayne Wickham, Columnist
USA Totllzy
Arlington, Virginia
1995 RESOLUTIONS
Presiding:
~on
Rusx:ll
Vice Chair, Resolutions Committee
Member. National NAACP Board of Directors
Tampa. Florida
&ndic:tion:
Imam Matthew Rawadan
Masjib-Al-Ikhlas
Minneapolis, Minnesota
10:00 A.M. - 3:00P.M.
ELECriON OF BG\RD OF DIRECTOR AT-LARGE ·
Minneapolis Convention Center, Exhibit HaU 2
1.2:00 NOON - 6:00 P.M.
JOB FAIR
Minneapolis Convention Center, Hall 2
1:00 P.M.
LABOR LUNCHEON
Hiltpn Hotel, Salons A- D
Invocation:
George Freeman
Chemical Worers Union
Akron. Ohio
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�Tuesday, July 12, 1994
(Colltinued)
Presiding:
Richard Womack.
Director. Civil Rights Departmcnl. AFL-CIO
Chair. NAACP Labor Commince
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Washington, D.C.
Wil Duncan
Special Assistant to the International Secretary·Treasurer
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
Washington. D.C.
Musical Selection:
Oelphanine Daniels
Shilloh Baptist Church
St. Paul, Minnesota
Introductions:
Barbara Van Blake, Director
Human Rights and Community Relations Dcpanment
American Federation of Teachers
Washington, D.C.
Introduction of Speaker:
Richard G. Womack, Director
Department of Civil Rights, AFL·CIO
· Washington, D.C.
Speaker:
Lane Kirkland
President, AFL-CIO
Washington, D.C.
Greetings:
Bernard L. Brommer
President, Minnesota. AFL-CIO
St. Paul, Minnesota.
Presentation of Awards:
By NAACP Ad Hoc Labor
Co-Chain
Clayola Brown. Vice President
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers
New York, New York
Ernest Lofton, Vice President
United Automobile Workers Union
Member National Board of Directors
Detroit, Michigan
Roy Kirkley
Professor Emerirus, Retired
Rutgers University
New Brunswick. New Jersey
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�Tuesday. July 12, 1994 (Conrinutd)
Greerings:
John J. Johnson
Director, I ahnr Department
NAACP
Baltimore, Ma1 yland
Remarks:
Myrlie Evers·Williams
Chair. National NAACP Board of Directors
Bend, Oregon
Remarks:
Mrs. Rupen Richardson
National President, NAACP
President. Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baton
Rouge~
Louisiana
Earl T. Shinhoster
Acting Exefutive Director NAACP
Baltimore. Maryhtnd
Benediction:
Reverend JaJ;pea· Peyton
Inremational Ladies Garment Workers Union
New York, New York
1:00 P.M.
NATIONAL MEMBERSIIIr COMMITTEE LL'NCBEON
Minneapolis Comenlion Center, Room 101
Presiding:
r.elehrity Guest TBA
Welcome:
Duruthy Woolfolk
Invocation & Grace:
Membership Chairperson
Minneapolis. Minnesota
Father Melvin Turner
St. Philip Catholi(; Church
Minneapolis. Minnesota
Greetings:
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Chair, National NAACP Board of Directors
Bend, Oregon
Mrs. Rupert N. Richardson
National President NAACP
President, Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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�Tuesdtlv, Julv 11. 1995 (Continued)
Soloist:
Joe Caner
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Remarks:
Earl T. Shinhoster
Acting Executive Director NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Quota Buster AMirds:
A. Kate Kemp
State Membership Chairperson
Florida State Conference
Club 100 Member
Miami, Aorida
The M-PAC Awards:
Rev. Julius C. Hope, Director
NAACP Religious Affair/Region III
Detroit, Michigan
The Lucille Black Awards:
TBA
Soloist:
Joe Caner
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Presentation of Awards:
Isazetta Spikes
Director, Membership
Baltimore, Maryland
Membership Director's
Awards
Club 100 Gift Winners
Acknowledgement &
Recognition of Contributors:
Is8zetta Spikes
Director Membership
Baltimore, Mary land
Benediction:
nabbi Joseph Edelhelt
Temple Israel
Minneapolis. Minnesota
2:00P.M.
TIME AND PLACE COMMITTEE .MEETING
Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 204
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�TueJday. July 11. 1995 (Continued)
3:30 P.M. ~ 5:00 P.M.
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
· Minneapolis Convention Center
BRANCH ADMINISTRATION
Room 103
Moderator:
William H. Penn. Sr.
Director, Branch & Field Services NAACP
Baltimore. Maryland
Topic:
STRUCfURlNG BRANCH STANDING COMMITIEES
FOR THE CHALLENGES TODAY
Panelist:
Mary L. Peeler, Executive Secretary
NAACP North Carolina State Conference
Greensboro. North Carolina
Topic:
KEY POLICY MA'I*IERS
Panelist:
William H. Penn. Sr.. Director
NAACP Branch & Field Services
Baltimore. Maryland
Topic:
. THE AKI' OF KEEPING GOOD BRANCH MEE'I'ING
MINUTES
Panelist:
Keryl Smith
Executive Secretary. Houston NAACP Branch
Houston. Texas
Topic:
FOSTERING GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN BRANCHES AND YOUTH COUNCILS
Panelist:
William H. Penn, Sr., Director
NAACP Branch & Field Services
Baltimore, Maryland
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Room 205
Moderator:
Al Anderson
President/CEO. Anderson and Associates
Atlanta, Georgia
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�Tuesday, JuLy 11. 1995 (Continued)
Panelists:
Errol T. Louis
Treasurer-Manager
Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union
Atlanta. Georgia
Diane Toll)'
President/CEO
US Bank of Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Janice Allen
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Assistant City Manager
City of Albany
Albany, Georgia
Lawrence Anderson,
Director. Enterprise Foundation
Atlanta, Georgia
LABOR ROOM
102
Moderator:
Richard Womack
Chair, NAACP Labor Comminee
Member, National NAACP Board of Direcrors
Washingron, D.C.
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DESCRIPTION: 'Ibis workshop will include an overview of the country's employment system
and its employment and training programs. It wiD include discussions on 61'ective NAACP Labor
and Industry Committees., on processing of equal employment opportunity inquiries and The
Clinton Administrations committment to job tnlining and affirmative action toward the 21st
ceutury.
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Greetings and
Opening Remarks:
John J. Johnson. Director
Labor Department, NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
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Tuesday, July 11. 1995 (Continued)
PRESENTATIONS:
Joyce E. Tucker. Commissioner
Equal Employment Opponunity Commission
Topic:
PROCESSING EQUAL EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITY INQUIRIES
Washington. D.C.
Hulben James. Secretary's Representative
U.S. Depanment of Labor
Topic:
CLINlUN ADMINISTRATION'S COMMITMENT TO
·JOB TRAINING AND AFFIRMATIVE ACI10N
1UWARD THE 21ST CENnJRY
New York, New York
Arthur Fletcher. Fonner Chair
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Topic:
THE ROLE OF NAACP BRANCliFli IN PROMOI1NG
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Washington. D.C.
Oscar Eason. President
Blacks In Government (8. I.G)
Topic:
EQUAL OPPOKI'UNITY IN FEDERAL
EMPLOYMENT
Washington. D.C.
Claude R. Rogers. President
International Association of Official Human Rights
Agencies. Inc. (IAOHRA INC)
St. Louis, Missouri
Mary Snad. President
National Asliociation of Human Rights Work.ers
Tampa. Florida
Bob Terry
Producer. WCCO-TV
St. Paul. Minnesota
DeWayne Wickman
Reporter, USA Today
Arlington. Virginia
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�Tues®y, July 11, 1995 (Continued)
VOI'ING RIGHTS
Room 211
Moderator:
Wade Henderson
Director, NAACP Washington Bureau
Washington, D.C.
Topic:
VOTING RIGHTS AND VOTER EMPOWERMENT IN
AN AGE OF UNCERTAINTY
Panelists:
Harrison~
Executive Director
Electorial Participation Project
Washington, D.C.
Tony
Professor Sonia Jarvis
\bting Rights Analyst, School of Communications
George \\ashington University
Washington, D.C.
Selwyn Caner
Director, Voting Rights Programs
Southern Regional Council
Atlanta, Georgia
LEGAL RED~
Room 101 A-E
Topic:
CRIME AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE (POLICE
BRUTAIJTY) UPDATES FOR BRANCH INITIATIVES
IN:
(a) Voting
(b) ·Aff'armat.ive Action
(c) fu Responsibilities of Branches as (c) (4) entities
Moderators:
Dermis Hayes, Esq.
. General Counsel NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
Milton Grime, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
Panelists;
Willie Abrams, Esq.
Associate General Counsel, NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
Robin McGee, Esq.
Associate Professor
Hamlin University School of Law
St. Paul, Minnesota
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�Tuesday, July ll. 1995
(Continued)
Keith Ellison, Esq.
Executive Director, Legal Rights Center
Minneapolis. Minnesota
·Kenneth W. Saffold
Assistant U.S. Attorney
St. Paul. Minnesota
EDUCATION
Room 208
Moderator:
Topic:
Panelists:
Dr. Mabel Lake Murray
Baltimore, Maryland
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR LOCAL BRANCIIFS
Dr. Robert Dieu:hman
NAACP Education Chair
Ohio
Cynthia Kelly
Coordinator. Staff Development
Minneapolis. MiMesota
Stephanie Jones
Secretary's Regional Representative for US Department of
Education
Region
v
Dr. Ernest Holmes
Interim Executive Director
National AlHance of Black School Educators
Washington, D.C.
Or. Mae Gaskins
Vice President, Education Alternatives, Inc.
Minneapolis, MiMesota
Dr. Betty .Harris-James
Director of the Urban Education Program at the Appalachia
Education Laboratory
Charleston, West Vll'ginici
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�Tuesday, July ll. 1995 (Continued)
INFORMATION SUPER IUGHWAY
Convention Center, Room 205
Moderator:
Topic:
Panelists:
Ernestine Peters
Regional I Director
Los Angeles, California
TilE INTERNET: HOW IT WILL AFFECf TilE.
FUI1JRE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
Walter Wtlson
Western Regional Technology Chair
NAACP Internet Program Coordinator
·Henry Luven
Western Region Technology CcrChair
President, Eugene NAACP Branch
Eugene, Oregon
Lonnie Braxton
Manager, Infonnation System
Connecticut School of Law
7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
BENEFIT CONCERI'
Minneapolis Convention Center, BallroOm A & B
SPONSORED BY: MILLER BREWING COMPANY
FEATURING: THE SOUNDS OF BLACKNFSS & THE DELLS
Invocation:
Rev. Ian D. Bethel, ·Pastor
Bendiction:
Rev. Jospeh D. Mitchell
New Beginnings Baptist Church
Minneapolis. Minnesota
Pastor New Progressive Baptist Church
MiMeapolis, Minnesota
�WEDNESDAY. JULY 12, 1995
10:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. & 2:00 P.M. • 6:00 P.M.
MINORITY VENDOR PROGRAM
Minneapolis Convention. Center, Hall 2
9:00 A.M. - 6:30 P.M.
ANNUAL CONVENTION REGISTRATION
Minneapolis Convention Center, Lobby ,.
8:1S A.M. - 9:15 A.M.
REGIONAL MEETINGS
Minneapolis Convention Center
REGION I
REGION ll
REGION ill
REGION IV
REGION V
REGION VI
REGION Vll
Room
Rooms
208
101 -A-E
Room 103
Room 205
. Room 102
Rooms 101- F-J
Room 211
10:00 A.M. • 1:00 P.M.
RUN-OFF ELECTION (IF NEEDED)
MiMeapolis Convention Center, Exhibit Hall 2
9:30 A.M. - ll:30 P.M.
SECOND LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballroom A - B
Presiding:
Robert Starr .
Member. National NAACP Board of Directors
San Antonio, Texas
Parliamentarian:
William Lucy
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Washington. D.C.
Invocation: .
Rev. Jesse Griffin, Pastor
True Vine Baptist Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota·
Repon:
State of the NAACP:
Earl T. Shinhoster
Acting Executive Director NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
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�Wednesday, July 12. 1994 (Continued)
PRF.SE.?fiATION OF KELLY MILLER ALEXANDER, SR.
SAACP STATE CONFERENCE PRESIDENTS AWARD
Mrs. Kelly Miller Alexander. Sr.
Presentor:
Charlotte, North carolina
Kelly M. Alexander, Jr.
Recipient:
SCF Trustee
Charlotte, Nonh Carolina
1995 CRISIS 10RCH OF COURAGE AWARD
Gentry W. Trotter
Presenter:
Chainnan, Crisis Publishing Company, Inc.
Member, National NAACP Bwni of DircctoT5
St. Louis, Missouri
Rev. Jes5e L. Jackson
Recipient:
President, The Rainbow Coalition, Inc.
WashingtOn. D.C.
FINAL KEPOKI' OF THE 1995 CREDENTIALS AND RESOLUTIONS COMMfiTEE'S
Ben F. Andrews, Jr.
Presiding:
Chair, Nuional Resolulium; Cuuuuinec
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Hartford, Connecticut
Rev. Herben Annstrong
Benediction:
St. James Chun;h
St. Paul, Minnesota
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12:00 N0011 - l:OO P.M.
ROY WILKINS \'OUI1f LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
Hyatt Regency, Nicolen B - C
Presiding:
Ernest Coverson. Vice-President
Narion11l NAACP Board of Director!
Detroit, Michigan
Invocation
Rabbi Nonnan Cohen
Beth Shalom Congragalion
Hopkins. Minnesota
Greetings:
J99S Mr. A Miss NAACP
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�Wednesday, July 12, 1995 (Continued)
Introduction of Dais Guests:
Shirley B. Johnson
National Youth Work Committee, Region V
Miami. Aorida
Spirit of Scholarship:
Taliah Givens
National Youth Work Conunittee, Region IV
Patterson. New Jersey
LUNCHEON
Musical Selection:
Faye Washington
Minneapolis.•_ Minnesota
Introduction of Speaker:
Korey Randolph
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Little Rock, Arkansas
Speaker:
Roger Wilkins
Professor of History and American Culture
George Mason Unive~iry
Fairfax. Virginia
Musical Selection:
Faye Washington
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Special Presentations:
Yasmin Hurston
Member NAACP Awards &. Scholarship Conuninee
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
New York, New York
Remarks:
P~ntations:
Benediction:
Lorraine Pe~on
Acting Director. Youth and College
Highland Park, Michigan
Rev. Anhur Agnew, Pastor
Bethesda Baptist Church
MinnPJ~polis. Minnesota
12:.30 P.M.
LIFE MEMBERSIDP LUNCHEON
Hilton Hotel, Salons A - D
Presiding:
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Wednesday, July 12, 1995 (Continued)
Invocation:
Rev. Dr. Earl Miller
Progressive Baptist Church
St. Paul, Minnesota
Soloist:
Yolanda Bruce
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Rev. Thomas Fantroy, Pastor
St. Paul, Minnesota ·
Benediction:
Rev.. Lesley Ford
Living Word Church
St. Paul, ·Minnesota
2:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M.
NATIONAL BOARD. OF DIRECfORS MEETING
Hilton Hotel, Salons E - F
3:00 P.M ... 5:00 P.M.
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS
Minneapolis Convention Center
HEALTil
Room103
Moderator:
Dr. Charles H. Butler
Chairman, National Health Committee
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Coatesville. Pennsylvania
Topic: .
MAINTAINING HEALTII IN AN AGE OF MANAGED
CARE
Panelists:
Howard Johnson, CEO
Pilot City Community Health Center
Minneapolis, MiMesota
Anthony Cebrun, CEO
Tennessee Managed Care
Nashville, Tennessee
MEMBERSHIP WORKSHOP
Theme:
WE TilE PEOPLE " A SfRATEGV FOR
RECRUITJNG, TRAINING AND RETAINING NAACP
VOLUNTEERS"
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Wednesday, July /2. 1995 (Continued)
Moderator:
Ms. A. Kate Kemp
State Membership Chairperson
Florida NAACP State Conference
Opa Locka. Florida
Panelists:
Ms. lsazetta A. Spikes
Membership Service Director
National NAACP Headquaners
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Braden C. Smith
President and CEO
Compute~ _Professional NetwOrk
Detroit, Michigan
Ms. Connie Schilling
Manager of Corporate Volunteerism
General Mills Corporation
Minneapolis. Minnesota
ARMED SERVICE'S & VEJ'ERANS AFFAIRS DEPAKI'MENT WORKSHOP
Minneapolis Convention Center. Room 205
'Theme:
COLLABORATIVE pAKJ'NERSHIP/VETERANS
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
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DESCRIPfiON: Nearly 40% of the homeless population in our nation are african-American
veterans. nus workshop will demonstrate boW the Department of Veterans Affairs and service
provider partners are actively engaged in identiflcation of homeless veterans, the assistance they
need and work beiag done to improw services to. all homeless veterans.
Pftsenters from the Department of VeteraiJs Affairs .will present information OD how the homeless
wteran customer can best be sened by their division; and how VA can work or is working col·
laborati\'ely with the NAACP and other agencies, orpnizatio~ or community based groups
to seek resolutions and remedia.
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Moderator:
Anthony Hawkins
Associate Director. Center for Minority Veterans
Greetings:
John J. Johnson, Director
NAACP Armed Services and Veterans Affairs oeparunent
VA National Overview:
Shirley Harrington Watson
SiJCCial Assistant SecretarY of Human Resource
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f*dnesday, July 12, 1995 (Continued)
VA Homestess Assistance Providers:
Veterans Benetits
Administration:
James I Iampton~ Chief Veteran Service
Divi:~ion
John Warren, Field Examiner
Don Walker, Adjucdication Officer
Don Munroe, Loan Guarantee Officer
Veterans Administrations
Medical Center:
Steven Kleinglass, Associate DireclDr
Harol May, Chief of Medical Services
Chris Erickson. Patient Representative
Rcujustment Counsel
Service:
Mark Mulvihill, Team Leader
Community Based Service
Provider;
Thomas Wynn
·
l3xccutivc Director, NABVETS, Inc.
- AUDIENCE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD -
AFFIRMATIVE ACI'ION - SPECIAL BOARD OF DIREC'IDRS WORKSHOP
Ballroom A&B
Moderator:
George Curry
Publisher, Emerge Magu.ine
Topic:
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: IS 11fE END IN SIGHT OR
HAS THE STRUGGLE JUSf BEGUN?
Panelists:
Dr. Mary Frarx:e.~ Rerry
Chair, U.S. Commissjon On Civil Rights
Wuhington, D.C.
&rJ Gr.m:s, Jr., Publisher
Black Enterprise Magazine
7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
IDUTH FREEDOM FUND AWARDS DINNER/DANCE
Hyatt IIO!Cl, Nicolette Ballroom
Theme:
"BLACK & WIUTE: SIMPLY ELEGANT!"
Mistress of Ceremonies:
Gina Pettis Dean
.A$$i51ant Treuuccc, NAACP Nllliunctl Board of Direcrors
Raleigh, Nonh Carolina
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Wednesday, July 12, 1995 (Continued)
Invocation:
Rev. Dr. Peggy Jones
Greetings:
Mrs. Rupen Richardson
National President, NAACP
President, Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baum Rouge,
Lous~
Earl T. Shinhosrer
Acting Executive Director, NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
Speaker:
TBA
Music:
Walker West Jazz Band
MiMeapolis. Minnesota
Benediction:
Rev. Richard Howell
FREEDOM FUND PLEDGE APPEAL: 1995 F1GHT FOR FREEDOM AWARDS
7:00P.M.
MILITARY & VEI'ERANS AFFAIRS DINNER
HUton Hc:£1. Salons D - G
Musical Prelude:
Presiding/Introduction
of Dais:
United States Marine Corps Band
Camp LeJunc. North Carolina
Honorable C. DeLores Tucker
President DuBois Bethune Fund
NACP/SCF Board of Trustees
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Presentation of Colors:
Unired Stares Marine Corps Color Guard
National Anthem:
African American World War II Video
~ntation featuring Ms. Whitney Houston
Invocation:
Major General Matthew A. Zimmennan
USA, (Retired)
Chaplain
Greetings:
Mr. John J. Johnson
,.
NAACP National Director
Armed Services and· Veterans Affairs l)epartnU:n1
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~esday,
July 12, 1995 (Continued)
Mr. William E. Leftwich, ill
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Equal Opponunity
Greeting & Introduction
of Guest Speaker:
WashingtOn, D.C.
DINNER: Medley of Service Songs
Guest Speaker:
General Charles C. Krulak, USMC
Commandant, United States Marine Corps
Washingt~n.
Greetings and Presentation
of the NAACP Meritorious
Service Award:
D.C.
Mrs. Myrlie Even-Williams
Chair, NAACP National Board of Directors
Baltimore, Maryland
PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
Recipient:
TBA
Presentation of
Benjamin L. Hooks
Meritorious Awani:
Leonard Springs
Chair, SCF Trustees
Member, National NAACP Board of Directors
Charlot1e, North Carolina
Accompanied by Frances Dancy Hooks
Recipient:
TBA
Greetings/Presentation
of Roy Wtlkins Renown
Service Award:
Rupert Ricahrdson
National President NAACP
President, Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Presenter:
John J. Johnson, Director
Armed Services Veterans Affairs NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
Co-Preseneers:
TBA
Greetings/Introduction of
Vetmans Affairs Awards:
TBA
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~esday, July 12, 1995 (Continued)
Presentation of
Jesse Brown Distinguished
Leadership Award:
TBA
.Recipient:
TBA
Presenration of
Julius Williams Distinguished
Co-Presenten:
Conununity Service Award:
Tom Wynn, Executive Director
National Association for Black Veterans, Inc.
Milwa~, Wisconsin
William Pollard
Fonner Deputy Executive Director NAACP
Washington, D.C.
9:00P.M.
W.I.N. FASHION SHOWIRECEPDON
Hyatt Hoed. Greenway Ballroom
Theme:
Master of Ceremonies:
Freddie Bell, COIIUIICntaCOr
KMJZ Radio Station
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Invocation:
Rev. Barbara Fountain Mason
Greetings:
Little Flock Community of Faitb
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Myrlie Evers-W"dliams
Chair, National NAACP Board of Directors
Bend, Oregon
Earl T. Shinhoster
Acting E=:utive Director. NAACP
Baltimo~. Maryland
Mrs.·· Rupert Richardson
National NAACP President
President, Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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�Wednesday, July 12, 1995 (Continued)
RECEPTION
LIVE MUSIC • AFRICAN DANCE CROUP
featuring:
Gwen Matthews, Jazz VOCalist
Closing Remarks:
Marjorie "Marge" Green
Interim National WIN Coordinator
NAACP
Baltimore, Maryland
Benediction:
Rev. Keitti Johnson
Park Avenue United Methodist Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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�THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1995
8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M.
ANNUAL coNVENTION REGISTRATION
Minneapolis Convention Center, ·Lobby
8:30 • 9:1! A.M.
..
..
~~-
REGIONAL MEETINGS
REGION I
REGION II
REGION Ill
REGION IV
REGION V
REGION VI
REGION VU
Room
208
Rooms
101 -A-E
Room
103
205
102
Room
Room
Rooms
Room
101- F-J
2U
9:30 A.M. • UNTIL FINISHED
THIRD AND FINAL LEGISLATIVE PLENARY SFSSION
Minneapolis Convention Center. Ballrooms A- B
Presiding: ·
Parliamentarian:
Invocation:
Introduction of Speaker:
Laura Blackbume
Chair. New York State NAACP Legal Redress
Committee
New York. New York
Honorable Fred Banks
Chair, NAACP Legal Committee
.
Member. National NAACP 94.-,ard of Di~tors
Jackson. Mississippi
Elder walter L. Battle
Grace Temple Deliverance Center
Minneapolis. Minnesota
Dr. John Arradondo
Co-Chair, NAACP Health Committee
Member, SCF Board of Trustees
Houston. Teus
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Honorable Henry W. Foster. Jr.. Nominee
United States Surgeon General
·
. Nashville, Tennessee
D · I 5 - 1--f 12.. c_
ANNOUNCEMENT OF scu6LARsHIP AWARDS
Speaker:
Mr. Carl Breeding, Chair
NAACP Awards and Scholarship Committee
Vice President, National NAACP Board of Directors
President, Michigan State Conference
Jackson, Michigan
Prcseotors:
Sandra MdJary
NAACP Awards and Scholarship Committee
Vice President.. NAACP National Board of Directors
Kennesaw, Georgia
ELECilON OF NATIONAL NOMINATING COMMJTfEE
1995 RESOLlmONS .
Presiding:
Ben F. Andrews, Jr., Chair
Natiooal NAACP Resolutions Committee
Member, National NAACP Board of Directon
Hartford, Connecticut
Benediction:
Rev. Randy L. Jackson, Pastor
New Hope Baptist Olurch
Minneapolis. MiDnesota
3:00 P.M. ~ 5:00 P.M.
UNVEDJNG OF THE ROY WILKINS MEMORIAL
capitol Mall, St. Paul, Minnesota
(Transportation to be Provided)
7'.30 P.M.
FREEDOM FVND DINNER/DANCE
Minneapolis Convention Center, Ballrooms A & 8
FREEDOM FUND
Invocation:
Rev. James Porter, Pastor
Greater Friendship Baptist Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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•~...J·'
~1tJ.
..;~
Thursday, July 13. 1995 (Continued)
PRESENTING 111ALHEIMER AWARD WINNERS:
Hazel N. Dukes, Chair
Committee on Branches and Youth Work
Member. National NAACP Board of Direcrors
President, New York State Conference of Branches
Roslyn New York
LIFf EV'RY VOICE AND SING:
Audience Led by: Rev. J.R. Williams
Leon Rus5eu:-- Chainnan
1995 NAACP Spingam Committee
Co-Chair, 199S Resolutions Conunittee
Member, National NAACP Board of Direcrors
Tampa, Florida
Presiding:
TilE SPJNGARN MEDAL: I1S PURPOSE
Tribure to Living
Medalists:
·
Greetings:
Mrs. Rupert Richardson
National NAACP President
President, Louisiana State Conference of Branches
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Ingrid Saunders-Jones
Corporate External Affairs
The Coca-Cola Company and Chairman
The Coca-Cola Foundation
William C. Brooks
Vice President, Geneml Motors
Detroit, Michigan
UPS
Speciai P~ntation:
Michael C. Hyler. Vice President
Public Affairs and Conununications
Daytons, Marshall Fields. Hudson Stores
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Introduction of Presentor:
Menola Upshaw
Member. National NAACP Board of Directors
Denver. Colorado
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�'J'hurst/Qy, July 13, 1995 (Continued}
PRESENTATION OF 8tJfH SPINGARN MEDAL:
Ptesenror:
Recipient:
Dr. Julius Chambers, ChanceUor
North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina
Dr. John Hope Fnnklin
James B. Duke
~sor
of Hisrory Emerirus
Duke University
Durham. North Carolina
Benediction:
Rev. Dr. Glarution Carney
Central Conuntinity Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Entertainment:
The Impressions
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Terry Edmonds worked as a speechwriter from 1995-2001. He became the Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting in 1999. His speechwriting focused on domestic topics such as race relations, veterans issues, education, paralympics, gun control, youth, and senior citizens. He also contributed to the President’s State of the Union speeches, radio addresses, commencement speeches, and special dinners and events. The records include speeches, letters, memorandum, schedules, reports, articles, and clippings.
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