NAACP Elevates Brock to Top Board Position

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on February 20 named Roslyn M. Brock chairwoman of its board, continuing a move by the venerable civil-rights organization toward younger leadership, The New York Times reports.

Ms. Brock, 44, is a health-care executive who got involved in the NAACP as a teenager and who has served nine years as the board’s vice chairwoman. She replaces 70-year-old Julian Bond, who has led the board since 1998.

Mr. Bond hailed the shift to “dynamic new leadership” for the NAACP, which has struggled in recent years with declining membership and financial troubles. Benjamin T. Jealous, the organization’s president, was 35 when he was hired in 2008.

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