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Questions surround credibility, background of Spokane NAACP leader, former North Idaho human rights leader

Controversy is swirling around one of the Inland Northwest’s most prominent civil rights activists, with family members of Rachel Dolezal saying the local leader of the NAACP has been falsely portraying herself as black for years. Rachel Dolezal formerly was education director of the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d'Alene. You can read our full story here at spokesman.com.



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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