"Bruce Scott Gordon" is a business executive who spent most of his career with Verizon and currently serves as a corporate director of CBS, Northrop Grumman, and Tyco International. He was selected in June 2005 to head the NAACP, a major United States/American civil rights organization. Gordon served in that position until March 2007.

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The civil rights movement in this country has been a long journey, and I think it's worthwhile, from time to time, to be reminded of our roots.

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I feel his language is encouraging -- he seems to be discovering a reality, the same reality that I see. Now what we need to see is whether he will use the George Bush-style conviction to eliminate poverty.

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In contrast to recent consumer confidence surveys, Canadians seem to show some strong resilience toward investing, even amid rising energy prices and energy-related impacts on equity markets in the past month.

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Rosa Parks served as an inspiration to generations of African-Americans and all people of good will. More than an icon, Mrs. Parks is symbolic of the thousands of courageous NAACP workers who fight for civil rights in their communities.

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I think it's an offensive term.

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Personally offended and angry that Bennett felt he could make such a public statement with impunity.

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We're certainly trying to focus on voter empowerment.

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Roberts has demonstrated a commitment to reversing the historic civil rights gains of the past 40 years.

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Judge Motley's legal prowess helped pave the way for expanded freedoms from which we all benefit today.

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But that was 50 years ago. A lot has changed in 50 years.

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We're worried about the voting rights of our people in New Orleans who are not, for the most part, in New Orleans. People should still have a say in what happens in the communities that were ravaged by Katrina.

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If it requires us to take legal action, we will fight this.

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The philosophies and positions and principles of the nominee are not just conservative, they are ultra-conservative.

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Katrina has been an attention-getting experience for this administration, ... It's clear that the administration has not had (black and poor people) as high on their priority list as they should have.

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They wanted to be sure they knew what we were thinking.

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I'm concerned that if we are not diligent and vigilant, the community will be transformed and the original residents will find themselves displaced.

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