JSU's NAACP chapter has first white president

The president of the Mississippi NAACP says the selection of a white man to lead one of the organization's chapters shows its real mission to represent more than one race. Michael Teasley, a white man in his mid-30s who grew up in rural Rankin County, is the new president of the JSU chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Derrick Johnson, NAACP state president, said he's watched Teasley grow as a leader and described him as committed.

"And this is a great opportunity for people to see that our organization is not about one race. Many people forget that white people helped organize the NAACP (in 1909)," Johnson told The Clarion-Ledger. "But I think Michael's acceptance within the organization shows we practice what we preach - that no person should be discriminated against because of race."

Teasley served as 2nd vice president in 2008-09 and 2009-10 before being elected by the 60 plus member chapter last spring as president for the 2010-11 term. As chapter president, Teasley said has plans to address issues such as delayed student refund checks and the quality of food in the campus cafeteria. He also wants to increase the chapter's membership.

On a larger scale, Teasley is forming a movement to change the state flag, which incorporates the Confederate battle flag. "It's offensive to a lot of people," he said. "It has to go."

Source: The Associated Press

 

Hmmm. Interesting.

 

all we need now is a black KKK leader

 

White people have always been involved with the NAACP; working, volunteering and donating...

 

not unique, in Mississippi there were always a few white students(mostly white males) on HBCUs. I have a great friend from Tougaloo college in Jackson MS who was in a frat, was very much in black politics and now a prominent lawyer in Jackson who works mainly for black clients

 

This is nothing new...

In Louisiana, and surely other chapters of NAACP in each state, there are non-black presidents. Hell, when the NAACP was first formed, the first official President of the NAACP was Moorefield Copley. He's a white man with a VERY progressive agenda on equal rights.