WASHINGTON — A Maryland gubernatorial candidate has picked up the endorsement of the state’s largest teachers union. The Washington Post reports former NAACP president Ben Jealous received the support from the Maryland State Education Association, which is one of the most coveted ...

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A candidate for Maryland governor is calling on a university to rescind its invitation to the nation’s education secretary to give a commencement address. Ben Jealous said in statement Monday that he will speak in support of University of Baltimore ...

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SILVER SPRING — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has endorsed former NAACP chairman Ben Jealous for Maryland governor. Sanders endorsed Jealous at an event in Silver Spring on Thursday. Jealous, who is seeking the Democratic nomination, was the Maryland co-chairman of ...

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Former NAACP president Ben Jealous announced Wednesday that he’s running for governor of Maryland as a progressive Democrat, and in doing so he repeatedly tried to link popular incumbent Republican Gov. Larry Hogan to President Donald Trump. Jealous, who is ...

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Just months after stepping down as head of the nation's largest civil rights organization, former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous is changing his career from an East Coast political activist to a West Coast venture capitalist.

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The NAACP has selected a former House of Representatives clerk as an interim president and CEO while the organization seeks a new leader. The nation’s largest and oldest civil rights group announced at its board meeting over the weekend that ...

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WASHINGTON — The NAACP’s board is forming a search committee to find the next president and CEO for the nation’s largest civil rights organization, its chairwoman said Monday. Chairwoman Roslyn Brock said during a conference call that she expects the ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday called the killing of Trayvon Martin a “tragic, unnecessary shooting,” and said the Justice Department will follow “the facts and the law” as it reviews evidence to see whether federal criminal ...

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SANFORD, Fla. — Despite a clamoring by some for a conviction against George Zimmerman, jurors acquitted the former neighborhood watch leader of all charges, leaving many Americans to wonder how the justice system allowed him to walk away from the ...

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NAACP leaders from around the country are honoring the memory of the group’s former Mississippi leader, Medgar Evers, nearly 50 years after he was assassinated outside his Jackson home. NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous and board chairwoman Roslyn Brock helped ...

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