POP/ROCK - Feb. 23, 1987

Frank Sinatra will receive the NAACP’s 1987 Life Achievement Award for his efforts to combat racial prejudice in the United States for a half-century, the association said Friday. The National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People will present the award April 1 at the organization’s annual dinner. “We are honoring Mr. Sinatra in recognition of his outstanding efforts to combat race prejudice in the United States for more than 50 years,” said Raymond L. Johnson Jr., president of the Los Angeles branch of the NAACP.