Derrick Johnson

Derrick Johnson serves as President and CEO of the NAACP, a title he has held since October of 2017. 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.

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Decades later, Mississippi is still burning
June 27, 2016 By Derrick Johnson
In 1964, the brutal slayings of three civil rights workers rocked the country. Their deaths cast a spotlight on horrifice violence and injustice.
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Derrick Johnson

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Decades later, Mississippi is still burning