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  • New Generation Leads the NAACP [Response]

    Marc Lamont Hill | May 19, 2008 06:42 PM
    Melissa, Like you, I’m encouraged by the appointment ofBenjamin Jealous as the new leader of the NAACP. As a 35-year-old activist,Jealous represents the possibility of a real regime change among blackpolitical leadership. If given the full reigns of the... More
  • New Generation leads the NAACP [call]

    melissa harrislacewell | May 19, 2008 10:36 AM
    Marc, Yesterday the NAACP announced that its new president is 35-year-old Benjamin Jealous. It looks as though the post-Civil Rights generation is now in charge of the most venerable civil rights organization. What do you think this means for those of... More