NAACP board ousts Chavis as director No voices raised in anger' during five-hour meeting THE CHAVIS CONTROVERSY CARROLL SUN Edition

Youth members from South and North Carolina were so upset that they crowded at the front door of the NAACP headquarters, hoping to get inside and persuade board members to keep Dr. Chavis, said Mr. Orange, the Baltimore branch president and a supporter of Mr. Chavis'. The pro-Chavis forces marc...

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Published inThe Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Main Author James Bock and Ann LoLordo Sun staff writers Michael A. Fletcher, Ivan Penn and Dana Hedgpeth contributed to this article
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore, Md Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 21.08.1994
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Chavis, Ben
Chavis, Benjamin F Jr
Stansel, Mary E
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Summary:Youth members from South and North Carolina were so upset that they crowded at the front door of the NAACP headquarters, hoping to get inside and persuade board members to keep Dr. Chavis, said Mr. Orange, the Baltimore branch president and a supporter of Mr. Chavis'. The pro-Chavis forces marched past a battery of television cameras chanting, "If Chavis goes, we go," "No Chavis, no membership" and "Get them Negroes off the board!" Ironically, those very issues have dogged Dr. Chavis. While his dialogue with Mr. [Louis Farrakhan], beginning in the fall of 1993, made him controversial with white Americans, Dr. Chavis' reputation among board members suffered most after it was disclosed in May that the NAACP had accumulated a hefty deficit.
ISSN:1930-8965