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		<title>Medgar Evers&#8217; Widow, NAACP CEO Honor Solemn Anniversary</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/16 &#8212; Nearly 50 years ago, a young up-and-coming civil rights leader, husband and father in Jackson, Miss., was shot and killed outside of his home. Today, Medgar Evers&#8217; window, Myrlie Evers-WIlliams, NAACP CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock laid a wreath at the home of Medgar Evers in honor of the...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/medgar-evers-widow-naacp-ceo-honor-solemn-anniversary/" title="Read Medgar Evers&#8217; Widow, NAACP CEO Honor Solemn Anniversary">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Board Honors Evers&#8217; Memory in Mississippi Capital</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/16 &#8212; The national board of the NAACP is meeting in Mississippi&#8217;s capital city for the first time in 30 years. The conference started Wednesday night and goes through Saturday. It includes a wreath-laying ceremony and a gospel concert to remember Medgar Evers. The Mississippi NAACP field secretary was assassinated 50 years ago outside his...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-in-mississippi-capital/" title="Read NAACP Board Honors Evers&#8217; Memory in Mississippi Capital">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Board Honors Evers&#8217; Memory in Miss. Capital</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/16 &#8212; NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group&#8217;s former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home. NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock helped Evers&#8217; widow lay a wreath of yellow and white flowers Thursday at the...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-in-miss-capital-2/" title="Read NAACP Board Honors Evers&#8217; Memory in Miss. Capital">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;A Righteous Day&#8217; to Remember Evers</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/16 &#8212; The story of Medgar Evers&#8217; assassination 50 years ago is well-known—particularly to people in Jackson, where the murder took place—but there&#8217;s something about hearing his widow, Myrlie, recount the night of June 12, 1963. &#8220;They knew the sound of the motor,&#8221; Myrlie Evers-Williams said of their children, speaking this morning outside her former...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/a-righteous-day-to-remember-evers/" title="Read &#8216;A Righteous Day&#8217; to Remember Evers">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Board Honors Evers&#8217; Memory in Miss. Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/16 &#8212; The national board of the NAACP is meeting in Mississippi&#8217;s capital city for the first time in 30 years. The conference started Wednesday night and goes through Saturday. It includes a wreath-laying ceremony and a gospel concert to remember Medgar Evers. The Mississippi NAACP field secretary was assassinated 50 years ago outside his family...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/naacp-board-honors-evers-memory-in-miss-capital/" title="Read NAACP Board Honors Evers&#8217; Memory in Miss. Capital">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: Some Miss. Schools&#8217; Accountability Ratings Inflate After &#8216;Arbitrary&#8217; Appeals Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/ 05/15 &#8212; Correction: In an earlier version of this story, the lead was not clear as to what former MDE employee Ken Thompson changed. He did not change actual school ratings but only data that was used in the formula to determine the ratings. Former Dept. of Education employee stands by his decisions &#124;...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/some-miss-schools-accountability-ratings-inflated/" title="Read Updated: Some Miss. Schools&#8217; Accountability Ratings Inflate After &#8216;Arbitrary&#8217; Appeals Process">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medgar Evers: An American Hero</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 11:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/16 &#8212; The National Board of the NAACP will be meeting in Jackson, MS  for the first time in several decades to commemorate 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of Medgar Evers. A Press Conference will be held today at the former home of Medgar Evers by Myrlie Evers-Williams; Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP National...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/medgar-evers-american-hero/" title="Read Medgar Evers: An American Hero">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>National NAACP Board Meet in Jackson, Pay Tribute to Medgar Evers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 22:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/14 &#8211; The Mississippi State Conference NAACP is proud to announce that the National NAACP Board of Directors will be holding its meeting in Jackson to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Medgar Evers. &#8220;The National NAACP board hasn&#8217;t held a meeting here in Jackson for 30 years,&#8221; said former Supreme Court Justice Fred...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/national-naacp-board-meet-in-jackson-pay-tribute-to-medgar-evers/" title="Read National NAACP Board Meet in Jackson, Pay Tribute to Medgar Evers">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Welcomes the National NAACP Board of Directors With Free Gospel Gala</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/13 &#8211; The Mississippi State Conference of the NAACP invites you to a Gospel Gala this Friday, May 17, 2013 at the M.W. Stringer Lodge, located at 1072 West J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson MS 39203, featuring the Mississippi Mass Choir and JSU&#8217;s MADDRAMA! Join us at 7:00 p.m. for this free concert as we honor...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/mississippi-welcomes-the-national-naacp-board-of-directors-with-free-gospel-gala/" title="Read Mississippi Welcomes the National NAACP Board of Directors With Free Gospel Gala">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mississippi Death Row Inmate Granted Stay of Execution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2013/05/07 &#8212; Manning was to be put to death Tuesday&#8230;The Mississippi Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Tuesday for Willie Jerome Manning hours before he was scheduled to be put to death. Manning&#8217;s execution was set for 6 p.m. for the 1992 slayings of two college students. Manning&#8217;s lawyer said in a court filing...  <a href="http://naacpms.org/mississippi-death-row-inmate-granted-stay-of-execution/" title="Read Mississippi Death Row Inmate Granted Stay of Execution">Read more</a>]]></description>
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