Benjamin Todd Jealous

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March 4, 2014
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former…
September 16, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - For now, those organizations are planning their next steps, separately and together...
September 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Benjamin Todd Jealous announced Monday that he has decided to resign because the work load has limited…
September 9, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Months before Benjamin Jealous took the helm of the NAACP, his predecessor quit following clashes with the…
September 9, 2013
OPINION - NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous recently announced he will step down from his position leading the…
March 16, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Actor George Clooney and his father have been arrested at a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy in…
March 12, 2012
The NAACP hopes that international pressure will help to reverse legislation in 31 U.S. states that has changed access to…
January 24, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black leaders react to the president's third State of the Union speech...
January 9, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - While the former House Speaker has disagreed with the NAACP and other groups and black leaders on…
December 9, 2011
TheGRIO Q&A - The NAACP is currently fighting nationwide voter suppression through various initiatives President Ben Jealous told theGrio...
December 5, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A new NAACP report on the suppression of the black vote refers to recent right-wing political tactics…
November 9, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Kansas, Tennessee and Wisconsin are among the states that passed voter identification measures this year...
September 14, 2011
TheGRIO REPORT - The NAACP on Wednesday announced its next steps in the civil rights organization's drive to stop the…
August 1, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - After a drive-by shooting involving two teens, Chicago CBS affiliate WBBM interviewed a few preschool-aged criminologists...
July 27, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - To do that, Roger Vann, the group's chief operating officer, said the organization plans to use…
July 27, 2011
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The NAACP's president is urging South Carolina's Gov. Nikki Haley to remove the Confederate flag that…
July 25, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Benjamin Todd Jealous said legislation promoted by what he called racist elements in the tea party…
July 22, 2011
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jobs, education, health, housing -- the issues driving the NAACP these days look much like the…
July 22, 2011
OPINION - There has got to be a better way of refuting criticism than constant repetition of, "I know you…
July 21, 2011
WASHINGTON - In February 2010 Obama met with Al Sharpton, Morial, and Jealous to similarly discuss African-American joblessness, which at…