Urban League Head Plans to Step Down
National Urban League President John E. Jacob announced Thursday that he is retiring after 12 years as head of the civil rights organization.
“The Bible tells us that ‘to everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under the heaven,’ ” Jacob said in a statement. “It is time to retire.”
Jacob, 58, did not give a retirement date and said he will remain on the job until a successor is named. A search committee has been formed from the league’s board of trustees.
Jacob succeeded Vernon E. Jordan Jr. at the National Urban League helm.
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