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  • NAACP board names Bruce Gordon president

    06/25/2005 1:12:03 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 1,000+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/25/05 | Erin Texeira - AP
    ATLANTA (AP) - Turning to a businessman to lead one of the nation's seminal civil rights groups, the NAACP's board of directors said Saturday that Bruce S. Gordon, a retired Verizon executive, will be its next president. "Civil rights leaders throughout this country did what they did and died, so my generation has full responsibility to walk in the doors those brave people opened," Gordon said after his selection. Gordon was selected by unanimous vote to succeed Kweisi Mfume, former U.S. representative and a candidate for Senate in Maryland who resigned abruptly in December. Several months later, a report surfaced...