Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity sparked after her parents said she has falsely portrayed herself as black for years.

Dolezal sent a message to NAACP members saying she would address the situation at a Monday night meeting of the group, according to reports from several Spokane media outlets.

"As you probably know by now, there are questions and assumptions swirling in national and global news about my family, my race, my credibility, and the NAACP," Dolezal's message said. "I have discussed the situation, including personal matters, with the Executive Committee.

"I support their decision to wait until Monday to make a statement. The Executive team asked that I also release my response statement at the same time, which will be during the 7-9 p.m. monthly membership meeting."

KXLY News in Spokane reported Saturday that reporters are hearing conflicting reports about whether Monday's regularly scheduled NAACP meeting will be held.

Around noon Saturday, a post on the Spokane NAACP's Facebook page stated the group's regular meeting will go on as scheduled.

"A statement from our Executive Board in response to recent questions and assertions will be released then," the social media message said.

A few hours later, the NAACP chapter's Facebook message about Monday's meeting was edited into a simpler message again stating that it will go on, but with no mention that the group's board will issue any kind of response or statement. There is no mention that Dolezal will make a statement.

KXLY also reported that Dolezal, a professor of Africana studies at Eastern Washington University in Cheney, did not appear at a scheduled Africana Education graduation ceremony Friday at the university.

The national NAACP issued a statement Friday supporting Dolezal, who has been a longtime figure in Spokane's human-rights community and teaches African studies to college students at Eastern Washington University.

"One's racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or disqualifying standard for NAACP leadership," the group said. "In every corner of this country, the NAACP remains committed to securing political, educational and economic justice for all people."

Dolezal has not returned several telephone messages left by The Associated Press.

"That question is not as easy as it seems," she said, to a reporter in Spokane on Thursday when asked about her ethnicity. "There's a lot of complexities ... and I don't know that everyone would understand that."

"We're all from the African continent," she added.

The black man she claims is her father implied otherwise in a brief telephone interview with a reporter. Albert Wilkerson Jr., a former North Idaho resident who volunteered at the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d'Alene, said he has "nothing negative to say about Rachel" and was reluctant to get involved in the controversy.

"I don't want to throw anyone under the bus," Wilkerson said. Asked about social media postings in which Dolezal identifies him as her father, Wilkerson replied: "You know the answer to that, and that's all I'm going to say," then hung up.