; Whereas, in 2008, the NAACP vigorously supported the passage of the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007, a law that puts additional Federal resources into solving the heinous crimes that occurred in the early days of the civil rights struggle that remain unsolved and bringing those who perpetrated such crimes to justice; Whereas, on July 16, 2009, the NAACP celebrated its centennial anniversary in New York City, highlighting an extraordinary century of Bold Dreams, Big Victories with a historic address from the first African-American President of the United States, Barack Obama; Whereas, in 2009, the NAACP was instrumental in the enactment of the Matthew Shepard–James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which greatly expanded the legal definition of a hate crime and encouraged increased cooperation between Federal, State, and local authorities in the investigation and prosecution of crimes committed out of hate for a group of people; Whereas, in 2010, the NAACP, an advocate for sentencing reform, applauded the passage of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 ( Public Law 111–220 ; Stat. 2372), a landmark piece of legislation that reduces the quantity of crack cocaine that triggers a mandatory minimum sentence for a Federal conviction of crack cocaine distribution from 100 times that of people convicted of distributing the drug in powdered form to 18 times that sentence; Whereas throughout its existence, the NAACP has led the charge to defend the constitutional right to vote and to protect that right for all citizens of the United States, whether they be seniors, young voters, the poor, or from minority communities; Whereas, in 2013, the NAACP signed a historic Memorandum of Agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to put mechanisms in place to ensure that the needs of underrepresented communities are more fully integrated into future plans for disaster preparedness