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Haiti's president expected at NAACP convention

 

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Haiti's president is expected to attend the NAACP's national convention in Florida.

The nation's oldest civil rights organization will mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers at the convention in Orlando.

The convention opens Saturday and continues through Wednesday.

Haitian President Michel Martelly and his wife are expected to join other U.S. elected officials joining NAACP members for the convention.

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