NATION IN BRIEF : MARYLAND : NAACP Sues Chavis to Recoup $82,400
The NAACP has sued its former executive director, Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., for $82,400, saying the NAACP board never authorized him to commit the organization’s funds to settle a onetime aide’s claim of sexual harassment. The board fired Chavis Aug. 20 in the biggest internal upheaval in the 85-year history of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People. The firing came after it was learned that Chavis made a secret deal to pay Mary E. Stansel as much as $332,400 in NAACP funds. Stansel actually received $82,400 before the NAACP and Chavis parted ways.
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