Benjamin Jealous, the leader of America’s largest civil rights organization, the NAACP, said in an interview published Sunday that he will step down at year’s end.
The 40-year-old, who heads the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, told USA Today he wants to spend more time with his family.
The former Rhodes scholar and ex-journalist has two young children.
After serving for five years in the top post, Jealous said he “plans to continue work with civil rights colleagues toward raising money for a fund to promote black participation in politics.”
He also suggested to the paper that the 104-year-old organization might be considering a woman president.
“I’m the 17th president of the NAACP and the 17th man. I do expect that the next president of the NAACP will be different in some way,” he said.
Leader of renowned US civil rights group to resign
