March 26, 2009

NAACP's Youthful New President Eyes Its Future

By Brennen Jensen

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrates its centennial this year. As it heads into its second century, the person the storied civil-rights organization has chosen to lead it is the charity's youngest president ever: Benjamin Jealous, who is 36.

While a fresh face at the group's helm, Mr. Jealous is no stranger to the organization or its mission. As a fifth-generation member of the NAACP, which maintains its headquarters in Baltimore, he participated

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