Garcelle Beauvais Joins “The Real”

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Garcelle Beauvais Joins “The Real”

Actress and Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, Garcelle Beauvais is joining the cast of "The Real" replacing Tamera Mowry-Housley.

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James Weldon Johnson resigned as executive secretary of the NAACP, citing health reasons.

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1960

Benjamin Hooks, Federal Communications Commission member, named to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of the NAACP.

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1966

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