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National shame. in 1947, the naacp submitted a petition titled "an appeal to the world," asking the united nations to redress human rights violations committed by the united states against black citizens. naacp co-founder w.e.b. deboyce wrote an introduction to the petition saying, peoples of the world, we american negroes appeal to you. our treatment in america is not merely an intern question of the united states. it is a basic problem of humanity of democracy, of discrimination because of race and color and as such it demands your attention and action. more than six decades later, a voice f...