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The head of the NAACP said yesterday that it was "blatant discrimination"for Catholic University to refuse to let some of its students from an NAACP chapter on campus and that the civil rights organization will go to court, if necessary, to get school officials to reverse their stance.Kweisi Mfume, the NAACP's president and chief executive, said at a news conference across the street from Catholic University's Northeast Washington campus that the decision was an embarrassment to those of the Catholic faith and others who believe that discrimination ofany type is wrong. [more] and [more]