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In this May 23, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit in Washington. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Romney: I will 'make things better' for blacks

Perry Bacon Jr.
theGRIO REPORT - Making the most prominent appearance in front of a largely black audience of his presidential campaign, Mitt Romney criticized President Obama’s record on education and the economy at the NAACP’s national convention...
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Mitt Romney (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

NAACP boos Romney for bashing 'Obamacare'

Kasie Hunt, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Republican Mitt Romney will tell black voters during a speech to the NAACP that backing him for president is in the best interest of their families...
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Romney to make pitch to black voters at NAACP convention

Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn't going to win the black vote in his campaign against the nation's first African-American president...
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Eric Holder on voter ID: 'We call those poll taxes'

Pete Yost and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because it would be harmful to minority voters...
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Eric Holder to speak at NAACP convention

Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to speak at the NAACP convention in Houston...
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Ben Jealous, President NAACP speaking in Sanford

NAACP convention to tackle voter ID

Juan A, Lozano, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People says its newest battle is really an old one...
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NAACP opposes new Maryland gun registry

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The Prince George County's chapter of the NAACP is aiming to stop County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D) from signing a county-wide gun offender registry program...
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<> on June 19, 2012 in Stratham, New Hampshire.

Why it's good Romney is speaking to the NAACP

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - In preparing and delivering the speech, the Republican candidate will have to delve more deeply into issues that specifically affect blacks than at any other time of his campaign...
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shakes hands with people during a campaign event in front of the Bavarian Inn Lodge on June 19, 2012 in Frankenmuth, Michigan. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Romney to attend NAACP convention

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The Hill is reporting that Mitt Romey's campaign has announced that the presidential hopeful will address the crowd at the NAACP annual convention in Houston Texas...
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The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, walks with demonstrators during a silent march to end the "stop-and-frisk" program in New York, Sunday, June 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC marchers protest 'stop-and-frisk'

Verena Dobnik, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - A silent march by thousands of people in New York City protesting police 'stop-and-frisk' tactics on Sunday was punctuated by an explosion of loud voices...
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