Feature Performances from Renown Artist Jessye Norman is one of the most celebrated artists of our century . She is also among the most distinguished in a long line of American sopranos who refused to believe in limits , a shining member of an artistic pantheon that has included Rosa Ponselle , Maria Callas , Leontyne Price and now this daughter of Augusta , Georgia . " Pigeonholing ," said Norman , " is only interesting to pigeons ." Norman ' s dreams are limitless , and she has turned many of them into realities in a dazzling career that has been one of the most satisfying musical spectacles of our time . She has been equally at home in American spirituals , French chansons or German Lieder .
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and the failure of the " War on Drugs "; high rates of unemployment in communities of color ; attacks on organized labor ; voter suppression efforts in states across the country ; the Troy Davis case and bias in the application of the death penalty ; racial profiling and the tragedy of Trayvon Martin ; immigration reform ; and marriage equality .
Yet the real story of the nation ' s most significant civil rights organization lies in the hearts and minds of the people who would not stand idly by while the rights of America ' s darker citizens were denied . From bold investigations of mob brutality , protests of mass murders , segregation and discrimination , to testimony before congressional committees on the vicious tactics used to bar African Americans from the ballot box , it was the talent and tenacity of NAACP members that saved lives and changed many negative aspects of American society .
While much of NAACP history is chronicled in books , articles , pamphlets and magazines , the true movement lies in the faces-the diverse multiracial army of ordinary women and men from every walk of life , race and class-unjted to awaken the consciousness of a people and a nation . The NAACP will remain vigilant in its mission until the promise of America is made real for all Americans .