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DATE: Friday, May 10, 1996                   TAG: 9605100083
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL   PAGE: A-4  EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP HAS NEW DIRECTOR

An umbrella group that has served as the legislative arm of the civil rights movement since 1950 has tapped the NAACP's Washington lobbyist to become its new executive director.

Wade Henderson, 48, is scheduled to join the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights next month. The conference consists of 180 organizations representing minorities, women, labor, gays, people with disabilities, the elderly and major religious groups.

- Associated Press

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