Obama marks NAACP's 100th anniversary
One hundred years after the birth of the NAACP, the civil rights group welcomes a major address by the first African-American president.
President Obama speaks before the annual convention Thursday night in New York, the city where the organization was founded a century ago.
The excitement over Obama is in stark contrast to the reception of former President Bush, who had a strained relationship with the NAACP and declined the group's invitations for five years.
Bush did speak before the NAACP in 2000, during his first run for the presidency, but he did not make another appearance until 2006.
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President Obama speaks before the annual convention Thursday night in New York, the city where the organization was founded a century ago.
The excitement over Obama is in stark contrast to the reception of former President Bush, who had a strained relationship with the NAACP and declined the group's invitations for five years.
Bush did speak before the NAACP in 2000, during his first run for the presidency, but he did not make another appearance until 2006.