News Newsday > News > Nation 'The Help' cleans up at 43rd NAACP Image Awards Originally published: February 17, 2012 3:41 PM Updated: February 17, 2012 10:41 PM By The Associated Press SANDY COHEN (AP Entertainment Writer) LOS ANGELES – (AP) — "The

Yolanda Adams paying tribute to Whitney Houston at the 43rd NAACP Awards (February 17).

Actress Octavia Spencer slipped and fell inside the the press room at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, early this morning. Spencer fell as she approached the press with her NAACP

Although she never joined the NAACP, she said she supports its mission and attends its annual banquet every year. "I'm his date," she said pointing to Craig Meyers, who drives her to the dinner each year. "Him and Sally." At the annual dinner,

AP AP DES MOINES — The Iowa Civil Rights Commission is dismissing discrimination complaints at a far higher rate than similar panels in neighboring states, according to an NAACP report that found the organization's enforcement process “seriously