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Some people are pushing to have the name of Negro Bill Canyon, near Moab, Utah, changed because they believe it’s offensive. Others say such a change would cause the area to lose its history. (Courtesy image)

Push is on to change name of Negro Bill Canyon near Moab

Last updated Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:15am

SALT LAKE CITY — Louis Williams cringes every time he tells Moab visitors the name of the canyon with the great hike to a stunning arch: Negro Bill Canyon.

Williams, a window cleaner who has lived in Moab for 14 years, is leading a renewed campaign to change the name of the Southern Utah canyon that he and others believe is inappropriate.

He has posted an online petition that has garnered more than 600 signatures and plans to submit a formal renaming application to the U.S. Board of Geographic Names.

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Ogden NAACP banquet to be held Saturday

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 10:40pm

OGDEN — The Ogden Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will have its Annual Freedom Fund Banquet at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the Comfort Suites Hotel, 2250 S. 1200 West, Ogden.

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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney gestures during a speech to the NAACP annual convention in Houston, Wednesday, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Romney draws boos from NAACP when he dings Obama

Kasie Hunt The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 11, 2012 - 10:32am

HOUSTON — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney drew jeers from black voters Wednesday as he criticized President Barack Obama and pledged to repeal the Democrats’ health care overhaul.

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Trayvon Martin marchers chant 'We want an arrest.'

Arelis R. Hernandez, Jon Busdeker The Orlando Sentinel

Last updated Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 7:56am

SANFORD, Fla. -- The feet of marchers pounded the cracked pavement of Sanford, Fla.'s 13th street -- a road that runs through the heart of one of the oldest black communities in Florida -- to reiterate that apathy won't be an option for those moved and outraged by the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager.

The Goldsboro community played host to a march and rally Saturday organized by the NAACP that brought together a coalition of national civil-rights organizers, community leaders, clergymen and droves of local residents who joined the chants demanding the arrest of George Zimmerman for Trayvon Martin's death.

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Ella W. Starks Barlin

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, January 5, 2012 - 11:49pm

Ella W. Starks Barlin, 94, died at her home Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, at Myers Ogden Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., where friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8. Interment, Ogden City Cemetery. Condolences may be posted at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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NAACP annual banquet planned

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 11:13pm

OGDEN -- The Ogden branch of the National Association of Colored People will hold its 67th Annual Freedom Fund banquet Oct. 29 at the Comfort Suites, 2250 S. 1150 East.

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