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NAACP President Steps Down
Mfume brought
era of stability
and growth
(A P )— Say ing he needs a break,
NAACP President Kweisi Mlurne
announced Tuesday that he's step
ping dow n as the head o f the
nation’s oldest and largest civil
rights group.
The organization’s legal coun
sel. Dennis Hayes, will serve as
interim president while a national
search is conducted.
"For the last nine years, I’ve had
what I believ e is both the honor and
the privilege to help revive and to
help restore this great organiza
tion, which h a s ... really become an
American institution,” Mfume said.
Mfume. 56, has been president
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P resident
K w eisi M fum e
is ste p p in g
dow n as the
h e a d o f the
nation s
o ld e s t and
la rg e st civil
rig h ts group.
(AP photo)
o f the National Association for the
Advancement o f Colored People
since 1996. Before that, he was a
congressman for nine years.
He inherited an organization
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era o f stability and growth with
corporate-style management tech
niques, including cost-saving lay
offs.
In S e p te m b e r, th e g ro u p
launched an advertising campaign
aimed at combating what officials
describe as stagnant membership
growth.
Mfume, whose adopted West
African name translates to “con
quering son of kings,” began his
career as a dashiki-clad popular
radio talk show host and political
activist in the 1970s and transformed
him self into one of the nation’s
foremost civil rights leaders.
He was leader of the Congres
sional Black Caucus before step
ping down to head the NAACP.
"To serve as the president of the
NAACP ... clearly has been the
most rewarding and the most fulfill
ing experience in my life," Mfume
said. "I walk away with more rather
than less.”
Police Brutality Cases Settled GAO to Investigate
Video documented
protesters claims
(AP) — Portland is set to approve pay
ment o f $3(X),(XX) to 12 people who claimed
police used excessive force during two
anti-war marches in March 2(X)3 andduring
President Bush’s visit to Portland in A u
gust 2002.
A federal judge spent at least five months
mediating the claims, and the City Council is
set to approve the settlement Wednesday.
Plaintiffs argued in tw o law suits that
the city. M ayor V era K atz, then-police
C h ief M ark K ro ek eran d several officers
violated th eir rights to free speech and
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They said they were doused by pepper
spray at close range and that police fired
rubber stingballs into a crowd. They used
videotapes to docum ent their claims.
Political activist Lloyd Marbet was among
nine defendants who filed a lawsuit stem
ming from the Bush visit.
Police clashed with protesters outside
the Hilton Hotel as a Republican fund-raiser
headlining Bush was getting under way.
Three children there with their parents and
a teacher who was hit by pepper spray were
among the other plaintiffs.
Their lawyers reviewed more than 100
hours o f videotape taken by independent
observers and the Police Bureau.
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Voting Irregularies
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Questions have been raised about voting irregulari
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appear on voting lists but who contended they are
eligible to cast ballots.
C ongress’ investigative agency cautioned that it is
not authorized to take action if irregularities are found.
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