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Monday, January 21, 2013  Dozens of people remembered Dr. King at Columbia’s MLK Memorial Garden which is the fourth largest memorial for King in the country.

Monday, January 16, 2012  Dozens of people gathered for the NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Celebration at Columbia’s Martin Luther King Memorial Garden.

Monday, January 09, 2012  For the second time, Mary Ratliff was elected to continue her term as president of the Missouri NAACP by only one vote.

Monday, January 17, 2011  At Columbia’s Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Gardens off of the MKT Trail, dozens of people of all ages and races took a few minutes to think about King’s legacy.

Friday, October 01, 2010  Dozens of Missouri NAACP members are taking a bus to the One Nation Working Together march in Washington D.C.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010  The country's largest civil rights organization has passed a resolution that condemns racism within the tea party movement.

Monday, February 08, 2010  he Missouri NAACP wants state utility regulators to reduce what it calls an "unfair gap" in rates charged to industrial power users compared to residential customers.

Monday, February 08, 2010  The group met Sunday in Columbia. They say Reggie Clemons, the man convicted of the rape and murder of two girls back in 1991, is innocent.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010  The Federal Highway Administration says they've found no evidence of discrimination in MoDOT's disadvantaged business enterprise program.

Monday, November 16, 2009  Arrest at Wal-Mart for alleged line cutter leads to charges of racism, ongoing court case

Thursday, September 03, 2009  The NAACP slams MoDOT over how $200M in federal stimulus money was spent, feds investigating.