Derrick johnson naacp assistant manager

Derrick Johnson serves as President and CEO of the NAACP, a title he has held since October of President Johnson formerly served as vice chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, as well as state president for the Mississippi State Conference NAACP.

A longstanding member and leader of the NAACP, Mr. Johnson has helped guide the Association through a period of re-envisioning and reinvigoration.

Under President Johnson’s leadership, the NAACP has undertaken such efforts as the “Log Out” Facebook Campaign, pressuring Facebook after reports of Russian hackers targeting African Americans, the Jamestown to Jamestown Partnership, marking the th year enslaved Africans first touched the shores of America, the We are Done Dying Campaign, exposing the inequities embedded into the American healthcare system and the country at large, and most recently the victorious Supreme Court lawsuit NAACP vs.

Trump, which prevents Donald Trump’s administration from rescinding the Deferred Action f