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Biden gives fiery defense of Obama at NAACP meeting

Vice President Joe Biden drew cheers from the nation's biggest civil rights group on Thursday with a fiery defense of President Barack Obama's record, and he warned that the election of Republican Mitt Romney could reverse years of economic and civil rights gains for blacks.

 

Longtime civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks dead at 85

Longtime civil rights leader Benjamin Hooks dead at 85

Benjamin L. Hooks, a champion of minorities and the poor who as executive director of the NAACP increased the group's stature, has died. He was 85.

 

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