Bush Snubs the Nation's Oldest and Largest Civil Rights Group
Julian Bond, chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's largest and oldest civil rights group, criticized George W. Bush in July for his refusal to speak at its annual convention. Having declined an invitation to speak for a fourth year in a row, Bush is now the only president since Warren G. Harding who hasn't addressed the NAACP at some point in his administration. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, who addressed the NAACP conference on July 15, also criticized Bush's refusal, saying that a president should speak to all people. Bush, campaigning in Pennsylvania in July, said his relationship with NAACP leadership was "basically nonexistent'' and referred to being called "names'' by organization members. (Bond said in June that Bush and other Republicans were part of a "dark underside of American culture.'') While the White House blamed Bush's refusal partly on "hostile rhetoric," Bush accepted an invitation to speak to the Urban League on July 23, where he urged African Americans to consider voting Republican, yet did not mention his opposition to affirmative action.
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Julian Bond, chair of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the nation's largest and oldest civil rights group, criticized George W. Bush in July for his refusal to speak at its annual convention. Having declined an invitation to speak for a fourth year in a row, Bush is now the only president since Warren G. Harding who hasn't addressed the NAACP at some point in his administration. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, who addressed the NAACP conference on July 15, also criticized Bush's refusal, saying that a president should speak to all people. Bush, campaigning in Pennsylvania in July, said his relationship with NAACP leadership was "basically nonexistent'' and referred to being called "names'' by organization members. (Bond said in June that Bush and other Republicans were part of a "dark underside of American culture.'') While the White House blamed Bush's refusal partly on "hostile rhetoric," Bush accepted an invitation to speak to the Urban League on July 23, where he urged African Americans to consider voting Republican, yet did not mention his opposition to affirmative action.
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