Center for American Progress’ Neera Tanden on Ben Jealous Stepping Down from NAACP

by Gary Kopycinski on September 9, 2013

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Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, announced Sunday that he is stepping down from the organization at the end of the year. In response to his announcement, Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: