NAACP Picks Retired Verizon Executive as New Leader
By Ellen Barry
Times Staff Writer
June 26, 2005
ATLANTA — For the first time in decades, the NAACP on Saturday named a business executive — not a minister, political figure or grass-roots activist — as its leader.
Bruce S. Gordon, former president of retail markets at Verizon Communications, said that under his leadership, the NAACP would increase its emphasis on entrepreneurial growth and economic justice in the black community.
He also said the venerable civil rights organization should transcend partisan politics and build its ties with the Bush White House. "Our organization needs to have a relationship on both sides of the aisle," said Gordon, 59. "We have a very polarized country, and I don't like that."
Delicious
Digg
Reddit
Newsvine
Furl
Google
Yahoo
