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Article: Racists In The Military: The NAACP Challenge

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December 20, 1995
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Askia Muhammad
Washington Informer
12-20-1995
Racists In The Military: The NAACP Challenge.

The first chore facing the newly-selected NAACP executive director can actually begin while he is still a member of Congress.

Congress and the Pentagon must immediately and thoroughly investigate the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, murders of a Black couple by white supremacist soldiers, and Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.), can combine his roles as a member of Congress and as the designated leader of the nation's oldest civil rights group in the process. At the same time, this is the kind of case that is tailor-made for the NAACP's independent perspective, if it will face the challenge.

The tragedy of the ...

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