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ERIC Number: ED137474
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976-Jul-2
Pages: 17
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NAACP 67th Annual Convention Resolutions (Memphis, Tennessee, June 28-July 2, 1976).
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York, NY.
Resolutions presented at the NAACP 67th Annual Convention concerned armed services and veterans affairs; civil rights (particularly basic civil rights); federal government compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; affirmative action legislation; consolidated procedural rules for civil rights enforcement; the Hatch Act; violence against black Americans; students who have either dropped out or have been expelled from schools; revenue sharing, community development block grants, and other federally funded programs; consumer protection; and economic development. Resolutions on education included subjects such as: the "NAACP Report on Minority Testing", monitoring use of tests, the testing industry, the Office of Consumer Affairs in testing and student evaluation, a federal regulatory agency for testing, efforts to circumvent meaningful desegregations plans, staffing inequities and affirmative action in desegregation programs, financial aid cutbacks in higher education, and reduction of black staff in desegregation efforts. Specific aspects of foreign affairs, hospitals, health, social welfare housing, internal affairs and labor and industry, were also covered by resolutions. (JM)
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Authoring Institution: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, New York, NY.
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