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NAACP annual conferences

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There are many early annual conferences missing in the list. For example, 1919 was held in Cleveland, 1928 in Los Angeles. But it should not be hard to complete the list based on newspaper articles in the Black press or other texts. AntjeAnderson (talk) 16:25, 31 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Black Journalism

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 15 January 2025 and 28 April 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mariadore1 (article contribs).

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Funding

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Did Trump's shutting down of U.S.A.I.D. cause a significant harm to the organization's financial situation? 2A02:2121:623:F63A:0:0:518B:FD07 (talk) 15:41, 22 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Wiki Education assignment: Education and Social Change in the Black Diaspora

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 September 2025 and 4 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Constacious (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Alexro06.

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