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Protest At NAACP Convention

NEW YORK -- July 11, 2009

by Thomas Good



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Video Clips (NLN on YouTube)



Playlist (5 Video Clips): Conference In Its Entirety
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The Hilton on Sixth Avenue, site of the NAACP convention
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The police presence outside the Hilton
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Police and protesters state their respective cases:
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Security v. protected Free Speech
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Granny Peace Brigade member
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Protesters set up outside the main hotel entrance
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The issue: the NAACP invited military recruiters to the convention
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Police tell protesters they have to move
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Protesters refuse
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Inside the convention the press conference starts
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Leon Russell and Cesar Perales
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Roslyn Brock, vice-chair, NAACP, board of directors
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Leon Russell, NAACP national board member from Clearwater, Florida
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Hazel Dukes, president, New York State NAACP
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Benjamin Todd Jealous, president and CEO, NAACP
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John Payton, president, NAACP Legal Defense Fund
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Cesar Perales, executive director, Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund (PRLDEF)
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Hilary Shelton, NAACP vice president for advocacy, director NAACP Washington Bureau
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World Can't Wait intern Iliana Correa asks Ben Jealous why he invited Army recruiters
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A journalist from the Jackson Advocate (Mississippi) discusses a municipal judge finding a noose in his shed...
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Protesters were still in place at the end of the press conference
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