Actually, they sold two. Apparently in one lifetime of bigotry, Donald Sterling purchased two NAACP Lifetime Achievement Awards.
The Daily Caller reports:
After NAACP Los Angeles chose to honor Sterling with its 2009 lifetime achievement award at a major fundraiser marking its 100th anniversary, MSNBC contributor Earl Ofari Hutchinson strongly criticized NAACP’s decision, citing a Justice Department housing discrimination lawsuit against Sterling and alleged slurs against minorities including black Clippers players.
By that time, former Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor had filed a February 2009 civil suit against Sterling alleging racial discrimination and racist attitudes on the owner’s part.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/27/naacp-took-grants-from-clippers-owner-donald-sterling-defended-him-in-the-press/#ixzz30JQnPBk7