SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO NAACP WANTS CHAVIS OUT
The chief exec of the nation's largest civil rights organization, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is hearing calls for his resignation -- from once-staunch supporters. The Chicago Southside chapter is demanding that Chavis resign because he settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with NAACP money. The Southside branch, with 20,000 members, is one of the largest in the country. TIME Senior Correspondent Jack White says that this latest news adds to the pressure on the NAACP's 64-member board to fire Chavis at its meeting this Saturday. But, White adds, "getting rid of Chavis would be extremely embarrassing . . . it may well be that even though you have all this pressure, Chavis can survive with a serious reprimand."
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