JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Cornell William Brooks, president and CEO of the NAACP, will speak at spring commencement at Jackson State University on May 2.
Ceremonies begin at 8 a.m. at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson.
The 54-year-old Brooks, a lawyer and activist, was named leader of the civil rights organization last May.
He is a graduate of Jackson State with a bachelor’s in political science, and has earned a Master of Divinity at Boston University and a law degree from Yale University.
Before joining the NAACP, Brooks led the Newark-based New Jersey Institute for Social Justice as president and CEO. Brooks previously was senior counsel with the Federal Communications Commission, promoting small business and media ownership diversity.
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