Matthai Kuruvila
San Francisco Chronicle

The Bay Area’s Benjamin Jealous, who will become the youngest president in the history of the NAACP when he takes office in September, embodies a shift in the country’s African American leadership.

African American leaders have typically ascended out of the church and the civil rights movement, while younger activists outside of those traditional paths have struggled to find success.

The times, they are a-changin’. The selection this month of Jealous, the 35-year-old Alameda resident and San Francisco foundation director, to lead the nation’s oldest civil rights group underscores the dramatic nature of the change.

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