Ben Jealous

Dad. Writer. 17th National President & CEO, NAACP (Ret.).

[New York Amsterdam News @NYAmNews]

4/ @GlyndaCarr / @HigherHeights4A: America cannot celebrate 250 years of democracy while dismantling the voting rights Black women spent generations fighting to secure. https://t.co/s865bZbVpj

[New York Amsterdam News @NYAmNews]

3/ @MarcMorial / @NatUrbanLeague: This is the most significant rollback of civil rights since Reconstruction. https://t.co/Ok0JfAhNyq

[New York Amsterdam News @NYAmNews]

2/ @TishJames: The right to vote — the right that enables every other right — is constantly under attack. https://t.co/j6734IK2mb

[New York Amsterdam News @NYAmNews]

1/ @BenJealous: Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution. Paul Revere erased him. That erasure is now government policy. https://t.co/RJHgCtbU6h

[Ben Jealous @BenJealous]

Paul Revere etched Black patriots out of his image of the Boston massacre. It shrank our nation’s vision of itself. Secretary Hegseth is doing it again. 250 years is too long. It’s time to finally draw an accurate picture of the Revolution and America! https://t.co/GlJ3UklYrc

[New York Amsterdam News @NYAmNews]

Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the American Revolution. Paul Revere erased him.

Former NAACP President @BenJealous on redrawing the American story: https://t.co/cu9GcmwBYv

#UnfinishedBusiness #BlackHistory #AmericaAt250 #America250

[Black Press USA @BlackPressUSA]

On Juneteenth, @BenJealous traveled to the Hermitage—Andrew Jackson’s plantation.

For the first time in history, Black music echoed across the grounds where hundreds were once enslaved.

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[Black Press USA @BlackPressUSA]

@BenJealous "I told the crowd to call each other cousin, and I meant it plainly." — @BenJealous https://t.co/820EHzndJV @NNPA_BlackPress

[Ben Jealous @BenJealous]

10 years ago I convinced the #Bernie campaign to do something no other Democrat would: put a black man convicted of murder and a political ad. Even though @ChrisWilsonLife story is so full of real life for too many and real Hope for all of us. It got 1 million views day one.

[Ben Jealous @BenJealous]

10 years ago I convinced the #Bernie campaign to do something no other Democrat would: put a black man convicted of murder and a political ad. Even though @ChrisWilsonLife story is so full of real life for too many and real Hope for all of us. It got 1 million views day one.

[Chicago Sun-Times @Suntimes]

"Today, the scary Black man in the old ad has too often become the scary brown immigrant in the new one," writes Ben Jealous. "Campaigns still take one terrible crime, attach it to a whole people, and tell voters mercy ... will get them killed." https://t.co/XU4NfImyTD

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[NationalPopularVote @NatlPopularVote]

ICYMI: "That is not a radical idea. It is an American one. And it should not belong to one party. This is not about helping Republicans. It is not about helping Democrats. It is about trusting the people."

https://t.co/hUQjfiYZSF @BenJealous

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

"Mayor Johnson is right to keep fighting. Now the city should finish the job." - Professor @BenJealous, former President and CEO of the NAACP

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

The Tipped Wage is a Legacy of Slavery. Chicago is Right to End it. | @BenJealous
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251 years ago, two of my ancestors grabbed their muskets and joined the battle for democracy in Lexington. One was 13 years old. The other was his dad. It’s time to finish the job… and finally let the majority of the people pick our president… every time https://t.co/4gSRvMIHT4

[SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (Simon & Schuster, 2026) @NewBlackMan]

Rev. Jackson's work to bring together working-class people of all backgrounds must continue | @BenJealous

Choosing words that unite us can go a long way in continuing Jackson’s legacy.
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[Left of Black @LeftOfBlack]

"White communities across America are hurting. Factories have closed. Life expectancy for many working-class Americans has fallen. Addiction and suicide have devastated entire towns.

Acknowledging white advantage doesn’t deny any of that." -- @BenJealous
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[Ben Jealous @BenJealous]

Rev. Jackson's work to bring together working-class people of all backgrounds must continue https://t.co/3xx5XF9kTR

[Ben Jealous @BenJealous]

Ben Jealous: Rev. Jackson lifted all of us higher https://t.co/IaKR1elJSC via @New Pittsburgh Courier

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@gambianpatriot I’m so glad I just saw this now. What can I say? Thank you for your support back then. Hope you’re thriving good brother.

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Four years ago, @@SusanWTurnbull and I waged a historic gubernatorial campaign against great odds both outside and inside our beloved Democratic Party. (1/10)