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Ben Jealous

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  • On May 17, 2008, the NAACP elected Ben Jealous as their new president and CEO.

    Jealous was formerly the president of the Rosenberg Foundation, which aims to achieve lasting improvements in the lives of residents of California. Jealous was the 4th president of this organization since its founding in 1935.

    Jealous was an executive director at Newspaper Publishers Association, which is a collection of over 200 community newspapers.

  • Fast Facts

    1. Age: 35
    2. Birthplace: Monterey County, California
    3. Undergraduate college: Columbia University, bachelor's degree in Political Science
    4. Graduate college: University of Oxford, masters degree in Comparative Social Research
    5. Former director of an Amnesty International division
    6. Replaced Bruce Gordon as CEO of the NAACP
    7. Mid-ninties: Managing editor of the Jackson Advocate, oldest black newspaper in Mississippi

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