Race
May 13th, 2009
Benjamin Jealous,
president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, spoke about the new challenges that lie ahead for his
organization. Benjamin, who at thirty-six is the youngest person ever
to head the NAACP, called for improving the quality of urban education
and stopping police brutality. "We came of age in time to find
ourselves the most murdered generation in history and the most
incarcerated generation on the planet," he said about African Americans
in his age group. He urged the students to fight for social change: "If
you decide what change you want to see in the world ... and you fight
as if you can only win, chances are you will win."
In February,