[DOC] [TLE] Kweisi Mfume - Wikipedia [PAR] Kweisi Mfume is the former President/CEO of the National Association for the 
Advancement of ... Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ... In February 
1996, Mfume left the House to accept the presidency of the National ... stating that 
he could do more to improve American civil rights there than in the Congress. [DOC] [TLE] MFUME, Kweisi | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives [PAR] Kweisi Mfume, formerly named Frizzell Gray, was born on October 24, 1948, ... 
His stepfather, Clifton Gray, a truck driver, left the family in 1959.2 In 1960, ... A 
year later, the Grays wanted to attend King's civil rights March on Washington but 
could ..... Kweisi Mfume Strives to Revive the NAACP," 26 February 1996, Time: 
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IN THESE GROUPS ... He entered the U.S. House of Representatives in 1987. ... 
He retired from Congress in 1996 to become president and CEO of the ... in 
Maryland, Mfume grew interested in politics, becoming head of the... [DOC] [TLE] Civil Rights Leaders- Kweisi Mfume - Black History [PAR] Kweisi Mfume past president of the NAACP and former congressman ... at the 
Community College of Baltimore, where he served as head of the Black Student 
Union. ... In February 1996, Mfume left the House to accept the presidency of the 
National ... of Colored People, America's largest and oldest civil rights 
organization. [DOC] [TLE] Kweisi Mfume facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Then, in 1996, he left his secure seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and 
took ... as he attempted to reform the civil rights minded group for a new century. 
.... of 1994, leaving the organization without a leader and in dire financial trouble. 
... Mfume officially took over the NAACP in February of 1996, and, along with the
... [DOC] [TLE] REVITALIZED NAACP MFUME, BOND GIVE NEW LIFE TO GROUP ... [PAR] Jul 18, 1999 ... Led by President Kweisi Mfume and Chairman Julian Bond, the NAACP ... a 
newly aggressive posture toward civil rights enforcement especially in cases of ... 
years ago when Mfume left Congress to head the organization in 1996. ... He 
served in Georgia's House of Representatives from 1966-75 and in the... [DOC] [TLE] Mfume quits NAACP post, cites family reasons - Washington Times [PAR] Nov 30, 2004 ... BALTIMORE -- Kweisi Mfume, the man who took the NAACP from rags to ... the 
fiscal misappropriations that clouded the 96-year-old civil rights group in the mid-
1990s. ... or because of a rift with the organization's chairman, Julian Bond. ... 
member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1996;... [DOC] [TLE] Naacp Ready To Take On Tough Issues - tribunedigital-chicagotribune [PAR] Jul 12, 1997 ... During this crisis, the organization failed to launch effective ... defined the NAACP
, according to some critics in the civil rights movement. ... Under the leadership of 
Kweisi Mfume, the former U.S. representative from Maryland who became 
president and CEO in February 1996, the NAACP has begun to look... [DOC] [TLE] Towards A New Century - NAACP: A Century in the Fight for ... [PAR] The organization is endeavoring to expand membership and build coalitions by 
... While supporting enforcement of existing civil rights laws, the NAACP is ... He 
left Congress in 1996 to become president of the NAACP and held the post until 
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that Representative Cynthia McKinney will join the House Banking ... the U.S. 
Call on civil rights group head Kweisi Mfume to counteract the ruling; Issues .... 
for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in February of 1996. [DOC] [TLE] NAACP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Nov

Question: Kweisi Mfume left the House of Representatives to head this civil rights organization in February 1996
Answer: the NAACP