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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 8.31.20 5PM ET — BEN JEALOUS

Benjamin Todd Jealous is an American civic leader and politician. He served as the president and chief executive officer of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 2008 to 2013.

When he was selected to head the NAACP at age 35, he became the organization's youngest-ever national leader. Ben Jealous joins BlackPressUSA for a livestream to talk about the Postal Service crisis and its effect on Americans- particularly people of color. LIVE facebook.com/blackpressusa/live and youtube.com/c/blackpressusatv

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