Tag: Benjamin T. Jealous

  • Marylander of the Year: Benjamin Todd Jealous [Editorial] The Baltimore Sun 2013-12-28 Our view: Jealous leaves the NAACP a revitalized and relevant institution that is at the forefront of the social justice struggles of our time In the spring of 2008, as the prospect that America would elect its first black president became more and…

  • Opinion: Why Future Politicians Must Embrace Our Composite Nation The Next America: How Demography Shapes the National Agenda National Journal 2012-11-14 Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) America is becoming browner—and the ability to harness the changing electorate has become the gold standard for any aspiring…

  • New NAACP Leader Looks Ahead National Public Radio Tell Me More 2008-05-20 Michel Martin, Host Benjamin Jealous is the new president of the NAACP. Jealous, a former news executive and lifelong human rights activist, discusses his new post and the ever-changing role of the NAACP in the civil rights movement. MICHEL MARTIN, host: I’m Michel…

  • Questions for Benjamin Todd Jealous: Race Matters The New York Times 2009-07-30 Deborah Solomon As the new head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, can you tell us how your organization plans to respond to the case of Henry Louis Gates Jr., the Harvard professor who was recently arrested for disorderly…