National Football League: ; Naacp Blasts Local Leader for Criticism of Eagles Qb

Charleston Gazette › December 17, 2005

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PHILADELPHIA - The chief executive officer of the NAACP criticized the president of its Philadelphia branch Thursday for racially charged comments made about Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.

Bruce Gordon, who heads the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, issued a statement calling McNabb "a great quarterback, an excellent role model and a class act" and said he intended to apologize for denigrating remarks made by Philadelphia chapter president J. Whyatt Mondesire.

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National Football League: ; Naacp Blasts Local Leader for Criticism of Eagles Qb

"The NAACP has many civil rights issues that require our...

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