NAACP Chairman Says She’s Leaving

Myrlie Evers-Williams, who is credited with leading the NAACP back from the brink of insolvency, said that she plans to step down as chairman of the board of the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights group. Evers-Williams, 64, who has chaired the NAACP’s board for the last three years, said she plans to remain a member of the board for at least another year but wants to focus on writing a book and establishing an independent civil rights think tank. Evers-Williams was elected chairman of the NAACP board by a single vote in 1995, when the organization was in the throes of chaos.