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NAACP head race tests future of civil rights group
The NAACP searches for a new leader to replace Benjamin Hooks with debates focusing on vision and renewal. Candidates include Jesse Jackson Benjamin Chavis Jewell Jackson McCabe and Earl Shinhoster with the board to vote before Hooks retires April 1.
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NAACP
Benjamin Hooks
Hooks
Organization
Indianapolis
Jackson
Jesse Jackson
National Rainbow Coalition
Benjamin Chavis
United Church of Christ’s Commission For Racial Justice
Jewell Jackson-McCabe
Coalition of 100
Black Women
Earl Shinhester
Naacp Southeastern
Myra Dandridge
Ms. Dandridge
Ron Walters
Howard University
Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court
Walters
Rev
Vernon Jordan
Clinton
National Urban League
Naacp Board
Chavis
William Gibson
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