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2000 Public Papers 1416 - Remarks to the NAACP National Convention in Baltimore, Maryland

Publication Title
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book II)
Category
Budget and Presidential Materials
Collection
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
SuDoc Class Number
AE 2.114:
Event Date
July 13, 2000
President
William J. Clinton
Page Number Range
Pages 1416 - 1424
Notes
The President spoke at 10:55 a.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center. In his remarks, he referred to Julian Bond, chairman, Kweisi Mfume, president and chief executive officer, Myrlie Evers-Williams, former chairwoman, Benjamin Hooks, former executive director, Elaine Jones, Legal Defense and Education Fund director-counsel, and Rev. Wendell Anthony, Detroit branch president, NAACP; Mayor Martin J. O'Malley of Baltimore; Mayor John F. Street of Philadelphia, PA; Orson Porter, Mid-Western Political Director, White House Office of Political Affairs; Republican Presidential candidate Gov. George W. Bush of Texas; Richard Moe, president, National Trust for Historic Preservation; civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson; Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Gov. Mel Carnahan of Missouri; and family nurse practitioner Doug Bouldin.