NAACP names Cornell William Brooks as new president on Brown anniversary
Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies
Saturday 17 May 2014 12.07 EDT
... Cornell William Brooks, a New Jersey lawyer and activist, will become the 18th NAACP national president, replacing Lorraine Miller, who has lead the organisation since Benjamin Jealous stepped down last year.
"As long as America continues to be a great but imperfect nation, there will be a need for the NAACP," Brooks said ...
"In our fight to ensure voting rights, economic equality, health equity, and ending racial discrimination for all people, there is indeed much work to be done.
"As a graduate of both Head Start and Yale Law School, I am a beneficiary, an heir and a grandson if you will, of Brown vs Board of Education. My life is the direct product, if you will, of the legacy of the blood, sweat and tears of the NAACP" ...
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/17/naacp-new-president-cornell-brooks-brown-board