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NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous and former president Bill Clinton during the Medgar Evers wreath-laying ceremony in Arlington, June 5, 2013 Youth The NAACP Youth & College Division is a branch of the NAACP in which youth are actively involved.
President and CEO of the NAACP; Acting. In office 2007–2008: Preceded by: Bruce S. Gordon: Succeeded by: Ben Jealous: In office 2004–2005: Preceded by:
During Jealous's tenure, the number of NAACP's online activists increased from 175,000 to more than 675,000; its donors increased from 16,000 individuals to more than 132,000; and the number of total NAACP activists was 1.7 million. [24] [25] Jealous led the NAACP to work closely with other civil rights, labor and environmental groups.
She is also a former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter president. Dolezal was president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, from 2014 until June 2015, when she resigned in the midst of controversy over her racial identity. She was the subject of public scrutiny when her parents publicly stated ...
From 1989 to 1992, Dukes served as the national president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). [2] [3] Dukes was also made president of the New York City Off-Track Betting Corporation (NYCOTB) in 1990, twenty-five years after she had been doing social work there. [4]
The Charlotte lawmaker spent over 15 years in the state legislature and was a leader in the NAACP. NC Rep. Kelly Alexander, Charlotte lawmaker and former state NAACP president, dies at 75 Skip to ...
His gift with oratory is well-known; after his election as NAACP president, even former opponents praised him. Rev. Charles Adams, pastor of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, became the NAACP's ...
A cause of death for the 71-year-old social justice advocate has not been made public. He was suspended by national leaders in February.