‘A force for change’: Harold Bailey, NAACP president, dies at 78 | News

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Albuquerque’s NAACP President Harold Bailey died Monday, ending a half-century of fighting racism and bigotry in New Mexico. He was 78.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People announced Bailey’s death. The organization did not give a reason.

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