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NAACP's Youthful New President Eyes Its Future

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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...

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