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Derrick Johnson is president of the nation's oldest civil rights organization and a 1993 Tougaloo alumnus. He is addressing graduates and receiving an honorary degree. Johnson was elected to lead the national organization after heading the Mississippi state conference of the NAACP.

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Tougaloo Grants Honorary Degree to Alumnus Who Leads NAACP

Tougaloo College is granting honorary degrees to the national president of NAACP, a civil rights activist and an astrophysicist.

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