Since NAACP President Kweisi Mfume voluntarily stepped down from his post on the first of January, the nation's biggest civil rights organization is faced with a leadership problem and a nine-member search committee has the difficult but important task of finding a successor at such a critical time

Jet, Jan 31, 2005 by Simeon Booker

Since NAACP President Kweisi Mfume voluntarily stepped down from his post on the first of January, the nation's biggest civil rights organization is faced with a leadership problem and a nine-member search committee has the difficult but important task of finding a successor at such a critical time.

Faced with a threatened drop-off of membership, the organization needs new inspiration, new programs and one strong person at the helm. Included on the search panel to find that individual are two women, Vice Chair Roslyn Brock and Alice Hoffman, ex-GOP Rep. Jack Kemp and ex-Urban League President Hugh B. Price ...