NAACP MOURNS THE PASSING OF ROBERT BYRD

[Buckly J. Ewer]

NAACP MOURNS THE PASSING OF U.S. SENATOR ROBERT BYRD

June 29, 2010
Longest Serving Member of Congress Became a Champion for Civil Rights and Liberties

WASHINGTON, DC - The NAACP is saddened by the passing of United States Senator Robert Byrd. Byrd, the longest serving member of congress was first elected to the U.S. House from in 1952 and was elected Senator in 1958. Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92.

"Senator Byrd reflects the transformative power of this nation," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. "Senator Byrd went from being an active member of the KKK to a being a stalwart supporter of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and many other pieces of seminal legislation that advanced the civil rights and liberties of our country.

"Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card. He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation," stated Hilary O. Shelton, Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy. "Senator Byrd was a master of the Senate Rules, and helped strategize passage of legislation that helped millions of Americans. He will be sorely missed."

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

https://donate.naacp.org/press/entry...r-robert-byrd/

Senator Byrd's legacy is successful civil rights legislation.
Only a racist, or someone who refuses to denounce racism, (we know who you are) would want his name removed from anything.

[Cypress]

"Senator Byrd reflects the transformative power of this nation," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. "Senator Byrd went from being an active member of the KKK to a being a stalwart supporter of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and many other pieces of seminal legislation that advanced the civil rights and liberties of our country.

"Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card. He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation," stated Hilary O. Shelton, Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy.

Byrd's story is one of redemption. Fox News must not have told that to teabagging Trumptards.

It is laughably weak that teabaggers presume that Byrd's story is one that should be looked upon with shame, regret, and resentment.

[Buckly J. Ewer]

Byrd's story is one of redemption. Fox News must not have told that to teabagging Trumptards.

It is laughably weak that teabaggers presume that Byrd's story is one that should be looked upon with shame, regret, and resentment.

Those who will not denounce racism hate those who have...
(We know who you are)

[Buckly J. Ewer]

Lee remained a white supremacist to his dying day...
Senator byrd denounced white supremacy and turned his life around spending the majority of his political life fighting against institutionalized racism...
Some JPP members are unable to denounce white supremacy and probably never will.
( we know who you are)

[christiefan915]

Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond never renounced their racism but cons will ignore that.

[Life is Golden]

Hypocrisy personified.

[evince]

NAACP MOURNS THE PASSING OF U.S. SENATOR ROBERT BYRD

June 29, 2010
Longest Serving Member of Congress Became a Champion for Civil Rights and Liberties

WASHINGTON, DC - The NAACP is saddened by the passing of United States Senator Robert Byrd. Byrd, the longest serving member of congress was first elected to the U.S. House from in 1952 and was elected Senator in 1958. Byrd passed away this morning at the age of 92.

"Senator Byrd reflects the transformative power of this nation," stated NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. "Senator Byrd went from being an active member of the KKK to a being a stalwart supporter of the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act and many other pieces of seminal legislation that advanced the civil rights and liberties of our country.

"Senator Byrd came to consistently support the NAACP civil rights agenda, doing well on the NAACP Annual Civil Rights Report Card. He stood with us on many issues of crucial importance to our members from the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act, the historic health care legislation of 2010 and his support for the Hate Crimes Prevention legislation," stated Hilary O. Shelton, Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy. "Senator Byrd was a master of the Senate Rules, and helped strategize passage of legislation that helped millions of Americans. He will be sorely missed."

Founded in 1909, the NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. Its members throughout the United States and the world are the premier advocates for civil rights in their communities, conducting voter mobilization and monitoring equal opportunity in the public and private sectors.

https://donate.naacp.org/press/entry...r-robert-byrd/

Senator Byrd's legacy is successful civil rights legislation.
Only a racist, or someone who refuses to denounce racism, (we know who you are) would want his name removed from anything.

they hate him because he GAVE UP RACISM

[Life is Golden]

Much like chickens mourning the passing of Colonel Sanders.

[Buckly J. Ewer]

they hate him because he GAVE UP RACISM

Trumptards will never give up racism...
.

[Cypress]

they hate him because he GAVE UP RACISM

Right. Robert Byrd's story is an inspiring on of absolution and redemption. A man who renounced the racism he had as a young man, and spending the next half century of his life trying to make amends.

Not to mention, Byrd has the wisdom to speak out forcefully and vote against arguably the most immoral decision of the last two decades: the decision to invade Iraq.

Robert Byrd is a model of humanity and redemption.

The only reason I can think that barely educated teabaggers think they are scoring points by mentioning him, is because they know nothing of Byrd's life expect what some moron on a rightwing blog ordered them to believe.

[evince]

it will be interesting to see what the trump low in the end is


we will know the amount of hard core racists in the republican party then

[PostmodernProphet]

one less KKK member.......

[Life is Golden]

Yep, a lifelong KKK Grand Wizard 'gave up racism' -- cuz he said so.

LMFAO

You people give new meaning to the term, doubling down on stupid.

[evince]

maximum lie factor reached

[PostmodernProphet]

it was probably a closed coffin ceremony, because he wanted to be buried in his Grand Wizard costume.......