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NAACP President Resigns
B-NOW News Staff
NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon is quitting the
civil rights organization, leaving after just 19
months at the helm, he told The Associated Press on
Sunday. Gordon cited growing strain with board
members over the group’s management style and future
operations.
“I believe that any organization that’s going to be
effective will only be effective if the board and
the CEO are aligned and I don’t think we are
aligned,” Gordon said. “This compromises the ability
of the board to be as effective as it can be.”
He spoke by phone from Los Angeles, where he had
just attended the taping of the NAACP Image Awards.
Dennis C. Hayes, general counsel of the
Baltimore-based National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, is expected to serve
as interim president, Gordon said.
Hayes filled the same role after Kweisi Mfume
resigned the presidency in 2004 after nine years.
Gordon said that while the NAACP is an advocacy
organization, it needs to be more focused on service
and finding solutions.
“I’m used to a CEO running an organization, with the
board approving strategy and policy,” Gordon said.
“But the NAACP board is very much involved.”
Gordon said he made the decision in recent weeks and
told the board at its annual meeting in New York
City in mid-February.
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