With controversy over police tactics in African-American communities and the slaying of black churchgoers in South Carolina, we check in with the new president of the Manchester branch of the country’s oldest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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- Woullard Lett - president of the Manchester NAACP
What happened in SC is a matter of degree, not of kind: racism is everywhere - Woullard Lett, @ManchesterNAACP. http://t.co/8y3f95o3yM
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'The confederacy was the ISIS of its day': it was grounded in the belief that Africans weren't human - Woullard Lett. http://t.co/8y3f95o3yM
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Police cars say 'serve & protect', but police usually do more 'command & control' - Woullard Lett, @ManchesterNAACP. http://t.co/8y3f95o3yM
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.@ManchesterNAACP advocates for body cameras for police: it has a positive effect on how police operate - W Lett. http://t.co/8y3f95o3yM
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The signs may be not be up, but we're not far from segregated bathrooms: just look at schools, housing- Woullard Lett http://t.co/8y3f95o3yM
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