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FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2019 file photo, Jazmyne Childs, center, cries during a news conference in Raleigh, N.C., as she describes the sexual harassment she says she endured while employed by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP. Childs is suing the national NAACP group and her ex-supervisor, the Rev. Curtis Gatewood, according to a lawsuit filed Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. She is seeking at least $15 million for her emotional and mental distress that she says civil rights organization condoned through its inaction. (AP Photo/Martha Waggoner, File)

Woman’s lawsuit seeks at least $15M from NAACP, former boss

By MARTHA WAGGONER - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 file photo, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People President Derrick Johnson faces reporters during a news in Boston, held to announce that the NAACP's 111th national convention is to take place in Boston, in July of 2020. Emails and recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that the NAACP's national president chastised women who went public with a sexual harassment claim. The records also show that Johnson was reluctant to swiftly deal with accusations against a former North Carolina officer in the civil rights organization. The emails also indicate that he knew about the complaint two years before he says he did. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Emails: NAACP leader chided women who made harassment claim

By MARTHA WAGGONER - Associated Press

Jazmyne Childs cries during a news conference on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, as she describes the sexual harassment she says she endured while employed by the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, in Raleigh, N.C. She is asking the national NAACP to expel the man whom she identified as the person who assaulted and harassed her. (AP Photo/Martha Waggoner)

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