Dad. Writer. 17th National President & CEO, NAACP (Ret.).
Baltimore, MD
Joined May 2009
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Who will carry the torch for Black journalism? Rosetta Miller-Perry, founder of The Tennessee Tribune, has transitioned. She spent 91 years fighting for truth, justice, and the power of our stories.
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4/ @GlyndaCarr / @HigherHeights4A: America cannot celebrate 250 years of democracy while dismantling the voting rights Black women spent generations fighting to secure. bit.ly/3SH9zYJ
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3/ @MarcMorial / @NatUrbanLeague: This is the most significant rollback of civil rights since Reconstruction. bit.ly/3TfcS9G
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2/ @TishJames: The right to vote — the right that enables every other right — is constantly under attack. bit.ly/4gOlj5G
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1/ @BenJealous: Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution. Paul Revere erased him. That erasure is now government policy. bit.ly/4xTEYHs
Paul Revere etched Black patriots out of his image of the Boston massacre. It shrank our nation’s vision of itself. Secretary Hegseth is doing it again. 250 years is too long. It’s time to finally draw an accurate picture of the Revolution and America! amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/…
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Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution. Paul Revere erased him.
Former NAACP President @BenJealous on redrawing the American story: bit.ly/4xWX5MI
#UnfinishedBusiness #BlackHistory #AmericaAt250 #America250
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On Juneteenth, @BenJealous traveled to the Hermitage—Andrew Jackson’s plantation.
For the first time in history, Black music echoed across the grounds where hundreds were once enslaved.
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"I told the crowd to call each other cousin, and I meant it plainly." — @BenJealous blackpressusa.com/commentary… @NNPA_BlackPress
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10 years ago I convinced the #Bernie campaign to do something no other Democrat would: put a black man convicted of murder and a political ad. Even though @ChrisWilsonLife story is so full of real life for too many and real Hope for all of us. It got 1 million views day one.
"Today, the scary Black man in the old ad has too often become the scary brown immigrant in the new one," writes Ben Jealous. "Campaigns still take one terrible crime, attach it to a whole people, and tell voters mercy ... will get them killed." chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
10 years ago I convinced the #Bernie campaign to do something no other Democrat would: put a black man convicted of murder and a political ad. Even though @ChrisWilsonLife story is so full of real life for too many and real Hope for all of us. It got 1 million views day one.
"Today, the scary Black man in the old ad has too often become the scary brown immigrant in the new one," writes Ben Jealous. "Campaigns still take one terrible crime, attach it to a whole people, and tell voters mercy ... will get them killed." chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
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ICYMI: "That is not a radical idea. It is an American one. And it should not belong to one party. This is not about helping Republicans. It is not about helping Democrats. It is about trusting the people."
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"Mayor Johnson is right to keep fighting. Now the city should finish the job." - Professor @BenJealous, former President and CEO of the NAACP – at Chicago, IL
ALT Chicago Sun Times Article Screenshot: Subminimum wage system is age-old injustice When your livelihood depends on pleasing the customer in front of you, even when that customer is drunk, crude or predatory, the power imbalance is obvious. By Ben Jealous Apr 7, 2026, 6:00am CDT Photo of a woman operating an ipad register with the caption: Mayor Brandon Johnson and others are right to reject a business model that is built on paying some workers less and making customers close the gap.
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The Tipped Wage is a Legacy of Slavery. Chicago is Right to End it. | @BenJealous
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251 years ago, two of my ancestors grabbed their muskets and joined the battle for democracy in Lexington. One was 13 years old. The other was his dad. It’s time to finish the job… and finally let the majority of the people pick our president… every time chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
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Rev. Jackson's work to bring together working-class people of all backgrounds must continue | @BenJealous
Choosing words that unite us can go a long way in continuing Jackson’s legacy.
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"White communities across America are hurting. Factories have closed. Life expectancy for many working-class Americans has fallen. Addiction and suicide have devastated entire towns.
Acknowledging white advantage doesn’t deny any of that." -- @BenJealous
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Rev. Jackson's work to bring together working-class people of all backgrounds must continue chicago.suntimes.com/columni…
Ben Jealous: Rev. Jackson lifted all of us higher newpittsburghcourier.com/202… via @New Pittsburgh Courier
