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By Suzanne McLaughlin, The Republican
on May 18, 2013
AGAWAM – About 400 people attended the annual membership banquet of the Greater Springfield chapter of the NAACP Thursday night at Chez Josef.
The Rev. Talbert W. Swan II said that since he was elected president of the NAACP in June, 2011, the membership has increased.
“We have revitalized the brand,” he said. “We are alive and well.”
Speakers at the annual dinner focused on threats to voter rights and the need to make the minimum wage “a living wage.”
“Voters in Massachusetts are fortunate,” Swan said. He said there are efforts in other parts of the country to require photo identification to vote.
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