The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Choice of New NAACP Leader Rankles Some Board Members

By Brennen Jensen

The nation's oldest civil-rights group, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in Baltimore, will soon be led by the youngest president ever in its nearly 100-year history.

Benjamin Todd Jealous, 35, will take the helm of the organization in September.

Mr. Jealous is president of the Rosenberg...

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