The New Face of the NAACP

Ellie Gunderson is the President of Georgetown University’s college NAACP chapter. That’s her pictured above.

A few highlights from the bio: Gunderson’s from a predominantly black working-class suburb of Detroit; she aspires to be a civil rights lawyer, either at the Southern Poverty Law Center or the NAACP; she never planned to be the group’s president this year, but someone nominated her, and she cared about the issues. She figured, Why not?

One last thing: Gunderson is white. Listen to her speak, and you might never know. Her vocal inflection is unmistakably “urban.” You can click on the link and hear her interview.

The State Of . . . the NAACP. For the first time in what seems like forever, the Hoya covered the school’s NAACP Jena six rally. The school’s chapter seems to be getting a whole lot more attention that they used to. Could this be the answer to the NAACP’s problem and their seeming lack of effectiveness: recruiting more white people?