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Golden Heritage life member Jesse Turner, Jr. is Treasurer of the NAACP National Board of Directors, a role he has held since 2007. He has also served on the Board as a member since 1995.
In the past, Turner served the NAACP as President, Memphis NAACP Youth Council; Founder & President, University of Chicago NAACP college chapter; Treasurer, Memphis NAACP branch; and Assistant Treasurer, NAACP National Board of Directors. At 17 and 19, his local NAACP youth council, with support from the Branch, challenged the treatment of Blacks in the newspaper, pushed for integration of school "knowledge bowl" contests, achieved inclusion of Black girls on a local TV dancing show, and monitored harassment of Black youth at bowling allies.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W E B Du Bois, Mary White Ovingt...