1.0 link 140463 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marian-wright-edelman/benjamin-jealous-a-new-ge_b_140463.html In September, with his selection as the new president and CEO of the NAACP, Ben Jealous became, at 35, the youngest president in the organization's history. He represents a new generation of Black leadership―one of many Black adults and youths who grew up benefitting from the increased access to education and opportunity opened up by the Civil Rights Movement, which was spearheaded by the NAACP. His challenge is to honor that legacy by building the next phase of the movement...

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