NAACP President Steps Down

NPR

Published December 1, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

The president of the NAACP is stepping down. Kweisi Mfume says he simply feels the time is right to leave. But others say Mfume's reluctance to challenge the Bush administration put him at odds with board chairman Julian Bond.

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