Foundation Leader Chosen to Head NAACP

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May 19, 2008

Foundation Leader Chosen to Head NAACP

Benjamin Todd Jealous, president of the Rosenberg Foundation, in San Francisco, has been named the new president of the NAACP, reports the Sun, in Baltimore.

Mr. Jealous, 35, was previously director of Amnesty International’s human-rights program and worked as executive director of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200 black community newspapers, according to the NAACP’s announcement of his appointment.

Mr. Jealous takes over for Bruce Gordon, who resigned last year after conflicts with the organization’s board of directors, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

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Comments

Might want to send Ben a congratulatory email

— liz roth May 19, 01:26 PM #
I used to be a pain in Bill’s rear when I was raising funds for MSU philly alum chapter & NWRL. Congrats. If you need my notes, u can have them. Suggest you contact John Griswold on MSU National Alumnus board in Philla/

— doris scott May 19, 03:08 PM #
Congratulations. May you have a long and productive tenure without conflicts and petty differences. Take this jewel of an African-American organization and continue it’s relevance and importance in our advancing society.

— Robert M. Higginbotham II May 20, 08:05 AM #

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