Word: benjamin
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...BENJAMIN CHAVIS...
...judge refused to issue a temporary restraining order reinstating Benjamin Chavis, former executive director of the N.A.A.C.P. The civil rights group ousted him two weeks ago over allegations of financial mismanagement and personal misconduct. If Chavis fails to reach a satisfactory out-of-court settlement, he threatens, he will return to court "in a full-blown legal battle...
...Saturday meeting indeed proved dramatic. With a voice vote and show of hands, the N.A.A.C.P. board, with 59 of 64 members present, overwhelmingly decided to oust its executive director Benjamin Chavis Jr., 46, who had been beleaguered by tales of sexual harassment and financial mismanagement. Preparations had been tense, with the Nation of Islam providing security for Chavis even as 200 of his backers demonstrated their support. Earlier some anti-Chavis board members said they had received threats. However, in spite of an hour-long speech in his own defense, Chavis was unable to reverse his fate; board members Hazel...
...about sexual harassment and embracing Farrakhan," says a critic. "It is absolute financial mismanagement. The board is dealing with a whole range of lies that make them question his integrity and financial responsibility." Among the misrepresentations, critics charged, were Chavis' claims of inheriting a $2 million deficit from predecessor Benjamin Hooks. "There was no deficit," Hooks contends. "I left him a $600,000 surplus. What put him in a deficit was that he spent $1.9 million more than was budgeted and didn't raise any more money." Says another former high-level N.A.A.C.P. staff member: "Chavis and crew refused...
...Benjamin Chavis, fired from the N.A.A.C.P. last weekend, may settle with the civil rights organization out of court, he said today. That may be his best bet: a judge rejected Chavis's request to be reinstated immediately...