NAACP Reno-Sparks Branch No. 1112
Updated 8 March 2014
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African Children's Choir performs in Sparks

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César Chávez Celebration XII
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Progressive Leadership Alliance publishes biennial racial equity report card on state lawmakers
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Membership Meeting Agendas NAACP Reno/Sparks Branch #1112 Phone: (775) 322-2992 P.O. Box 7757 Reno, NV 89510 Email: info@renosparksnaacp.org Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month Rita Cannan Elementary School / Multi-purpose Room 2450 Cannan Street * Reno, NV 89512 Executive Committee 6:30 p.m. / General Membership 7:00 p.m. Next meeting: Thursday, March 13, 2014 Reno-Sparks NAACP Facebook Page INSTAGRAM: renosparks_naacp

In hoc signo vinces.

Poor Denny's Almanac for Feb. 12, 2014

On this date in 1837, Thomas Moran, expedition artist on the 1870s U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, whose paintings and sketches of the west helped introduce U.S. citizens to the beauty of the little known west (including Nevada’s Ruby Mountains), was born in Bolton, England; in 1900, Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, now considered the black national anthem, was performed for the first time by a choir composed of schoolchildren at segregated Stanton School in Jacksonville, where Johnson was principal; in 1924, with Sousa and Rachmaninoff in the audience, the now-beloved American Rhapsody (known to us as Rhapsody in Blue for Jazz Band and Piano) was performed for the first time in Aeolian Hall in New York City, conducted by Paul Whiteman, with piano by its composer George Gershwin, a performance that was broadcast on radio. (Disbelief that the 26-year-old Gershwin could have written the stunning symphony led to rumors that the great composer Ferde Grofé, who did the orchestrations for the Rhapsody’s first performance, had actually written it.); in 1963, President Kennedy held an unprecedented White House reception for more than 1,500 leading African Americans but spoiled its impact by becoming upset when he saw Sammy Davis, Jr., and his Swedish wife May Britt and trying to have them removed (“What’s he doing here? … Get them out of there.”), angering Jacqueline Kennedy, who nearly absented herself from the event; in 2008, a 15 year-old gay boy named Lawrence King, who was kicking around in the foster care system as an abused child, was murdered by a fellow student in a school lab in Oxnard, California. [Excerpt courtesy of longtime Nevada reporter Dennis Myers' daily online Poor Denny's Almanac, copyright © 2014, all rights reserved.]

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From Lorraine C. Miller, NAACP Interim President and CEO: The date was February 12, 1909. A diverse group of Americans gathered in New York City for a frank discussion on racial justice, motivated by the horrors of the Springfield Race Riot that occurred one year earlier in Illinois. In doing so, they left an indelible mark on the civil rights movement that is still felt today. On that day, 105 years ago, they founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Celebrate Founders Day by watching our video honoring the founders of the NAACP, and the path of activism they began all those years ago.

Site map Membership Meeting Agendas NAACP Reno/Sparks Branch #1112 Phone: (775) 322-2992 P.O. Box 7757 Reno, NV 89510 Email: info@renosparksnaacp.org Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month Rita Cannan Elementary School / Multi-purpose Room 2450 Cannan Street * Reno, NV 89512 Executive Committee 6:30 p.m. / General Membership 7:00 p.m. 2013-14 Officers and Executive Committee Complaint Form The NAACP cannot act without a written complaint Membership Forms, choose format: .jpg or .pdf Reno-Sparks-Washoe Education: Smoke & Mirrors Saving Local Libraries Voting Rights Trayvon Martin Murder 2012 Archive How to join / Annual membership / Donate Links / History / Archives Mission and Objectives Meeting place and times 2014 News & Events Reno-Sparks Branch Past-Presidents Honor Roll Reno-Sparks NAACP Facebook Page INSTAGRAM: renosparks_naacp

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Monthly meetings
are held on the second Thursday of each month at
Rita Cannan Elementary School
Multi-purpose Room
2450 Cannan Street * Reno, NV 89512
Executive Committee 6:30 p.m.
General Membership 7:00 p.m.
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