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Benjamin Jealous

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The NAACP reaches out to LGBT community

Conflict & Justice

The NAACP’s president, Benjamin Jealous, did something previously unheard of: he encouraged members of New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center to work with him and to attend the NAACP march for jobs and justice in Washington.

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Benjamin Jealous and the Next Generation at the NAACP

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