In a ceremony similar to one six decades ago, the NAACP is putting to rest a long-standing symbol of racism by holding a public burial for the N-word during its annual convention in Detroit, Monday, 7/9/07. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People delegates from across the country gathered Monday and marched about a quarter-mile to Hart Plaza for a ceremony and rally. Along the way, two Percheron horses pulled a pine box on top of which sat a bouquet of fake black roses. The N-word has been used as a slur against blacks for more than a century.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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