My apologies to the NAACP

Lesson learned. Always verify what you read in The Courier, that local weekly that was very briefly known on this blog and the NAACP DEMOCRAT, and that will hereafter be known here as the BAYSHORE DEMOCRAT.

I just took Jim Purcell's word for it that Mr. Lorenzo Dangler was the President of the Greater Long Branch NAACP. Well, it seems the NAACP doesn't know that, as there is no Greater Long Branch NAACP and no Lorenzo Dangler mentioned on their website.

Don't take my word for it, go see for yourself here: NAACP Find your local unit.

This is how the National site lists its NJ units:

New Jersey Top

Elizabeth Branch
Phone: (908)965-1009
Address: P.O. Box 2387 Elizabeth, NJ 07207
Elizabeth Youth Council
Phone: (908)251-3706
Address: 52 Hope Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07206
NAACP Metuchen-Edison Area Branch
Phone:(732)549-7936
Fax: (732)205- 1773
Address: P.O. Box 86,Edison, NJ 08818-0086
Web Site: www.naacpmeab.org
Jersey City Branch
Phone: (201)333-3697
Maplewood and Oranges Branch
Phone: (973)675-5325
Address: P.O. Box 1127 East Orange, NJ 07019
Morris County Branch
Phone: (973)267-5261
Address:P.O. Box 2256 Morristown, NJ 07960
New Brunswick NJ Branch
Phone: (732)828-5363
Newark Branch
Phone: (973)624-6400
Plainfield Area Branch #2100
Phone: (908)753-7073
Rahway Branch
Phone: (732)340-9477
Montclair Branch
Phone: (973)746-9315
Address: P.O. Box 353, Montclair, NJ 07042
Trenton Branch
Phone: (609)392-6772
Fax: (609)392-7742
Address: P.O. Box 1355 Trenton, NJ 08608
Trenton Branch Youth Council
Phone: (609)392-6772
Fax: (609)392-7742
Address: P.O. Box 1355 Trenton, NJ 08608
Tri-Sity New Jersey Branch
Phone: (973)624-1174

So to the real NAACP, my apologies for assuming what I read in the paper was true and for besmearching their good name.

Thanks to the alert reader who brought this to my attention.

I don't know why Dangler is giving me such a hard time anyway. With a name like Lorenzo, he should be going after Pringle.

UPDATE: BAYSHORE DEMOCRAT writer Melissa Gaffney reports on her blog that she called the NAACP, that they said that there is a Greater Long Branch Chapter, and that Dangler is the President. I'll have to verify that and I hope it is true, because I'd really rather use NAACP DEMOCRAT when referring to the tabloid in question.