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Monday, September 09, 2013

NAACP President To Step Down

NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous, who is credited with boosting the finances and helping to stabilize the nation's largest civil rights organization, said Sunday that he plans to step down at the end of the year.

The Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said that its rosters of online activists and donors have grown tremendously during his five-year tenure. Jealous was the group's youngest-ever leader when he was hired as its president at age 35 in 2008.

In a written statement Sunday, Jealous, now 40, said he plans to pursue teaching at a university and wants to spend time with his young family.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why is there even a need for the NAACP? You have an illiterate Muslim wannabe in charge of the one in Wicomico.

Anonymous said...

Its really the NAASCP ..."of Some Colored People