NAACP President Kweisi Mfume to step down.

[undergroundrailroad]

Kweisi Mfume


Nov. 30, 2004, 10:47AM

NAACP president Kweisi Mfume to step down

BALTIMORE -- NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is stepping down as the head of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group, a spokesman said today.

Mfume plans to make the formal announcement at a news conference later today, communications director John White said. The organization's legal counsel, Dennis Hayes, will serve as interim president while a national search is conducted, he said.

White would not say why Mfume was stepping down and said Mfume would not comment until the midday news conference.

Mfume, 56, has been president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People since 1996. Before that, he was a congressman for nine years.

[mark414]

1. any ideas on who will replace him?

perhaps julian bond will take his position?

i hope (and assume) that he continues to do something for the greater good...he'll be missed

[rogue emissary]

3. I'd support that move

I'd join the group, if they picked Bond. It also doesn't hurt that selecting Bond would infuriate the right-wingers. :evilgrin:

[flamingyouth]

2. That's too bad

Although he's been doing this for eight years, the man needs a break, I'm sure. I've always had a lot of respect for him.