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On May 19, 2012, the NAACP's board of directors formally endorsed same-sex marriage as a civil right, voting 62–2 for the policy in a Miami, Florida quarterly meeting. [67] [68] Benjamin Jealous, the organization's president, said of the decision, "Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. ...
As Chairman of the NAACP National board of directors, Russell is charged with setting policy for the National NAACP President and CEO to implement. He outlined the strategy in 2017. [ 25 ] He spent time in Ohio urging young adults to get engaged in the Civil Rights movement .
The press coverage of Brooks' departure reflected a general sense of surprise at the Board's unexpected decision, [40] and several, including the president of the National Congress of Black Women, spoke out in favor of his reinstatement. [41] In October 2017, the NAACP Board of Directors named Derrick Johnson the next president and CEO.
Derrick Johnson is an American lawyer who is the current president and CEO of the NAACP. [1] He had previously served as president of its Mississippi state chapter, [2] and vice chairman of its board of directors. [1]
In February 2001, aged 35, she was unanimously elected Vice Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors. She was the youngest person named to the position and the first woman to serve. [5] Julian Bond, who had served as NAACP Chairman from 1998, stayed on in the position through 2009 as the organization celebrated its 100th anniversary ...
The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida on Saturday, warning that the state has become “openly hostile toward African Americans” under GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’s leadership.
In 1993, the national board of directors of the NAACP elected Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr as the executive director and CEO of civil rights organization. Chavis later served in 1995 as the National Director of the Million Man March, and the Founder and CEO of the National African American Leadership Summit (NAALS).
The NAACP in Virginia and five students filed a federal lawsuit against the Shenandoah County school board in response to their vote last month to restore the names of two schools that previously ...