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Change is afoot at the storied civil rights organization the NAACP.final week,the organization's national board ousted president Cornell Brooks, whose term was coming to an end later this year. It came as a surprise for some, or since Brooks had tried to form the organization more visible in recent years. In January, Brooks and approximately a dozen protesters werearrested afterstaging a sit-in in opposition to then-Senator Jeff Sessions' appointment as attorney general. But the rise of more vocal movements and the demands of a younger generation who are seeking more tangible results in a changing and more volatile political and social climate is forcing the 108-year-old organization to re-examine how to be more relevant. NAACP Board Chairman Leon Russell announced that the organization was embarking on an "organization-wide refresh" to reply to today's "audacious challenges." For a look at the future of the NAACP, The Takeaway turns to Dr. Peniel Joseph, or a professor at the University of Texas-Austin and founding director of the LBJ School's middle for the Study of Race and Democracy. This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
Source: thetakeaway.org