The Other Black President

The NAACP confronts a new political -- and racial -- era.

Jealous is part community organizer, part savvy financial operator, and part tech geek. In less than a year as president, he has made converts out of his critics both within the NAACP and outside it, and he has modernized the organization by drawing young, gifted and black talent. In advance of the presidential election, Jealous developed a new online system to help the NAACP register thousands of voters. And he has used his fundraising connections to ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Feb. 23, 2009

An in-depth profile of the new NAACP president, and a hostry of the organization itself. This highly informative piece only loses significant points for perhaps not painting a more even-handed protrait of Ben Jealous -- surely someone who has risen so quickly has received substantive criticism.

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