The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Citing Conflict With the Board, the Head of the NAACP Steps Down

By Brennen Jensen

When Bruce Gordon, a former high-ranking Verizon Communications executive, was tapped to lead the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2005, some charity leaders thought it was an odd fit, but one that suggested the nation's oldest civil-rights charity was striving to modernize its operations.

The erstwhile...

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