North Carolina NAACP elects first woman president
On Saturday, Deborah Maxwell was elected to the position at the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP biennial election. Maxwell is the first woman elected to the position in the state conference history.
Posted — UpdatedThe North Carolina branch of the NAACP has elected its first woman as State Conference President.
On Saturday, Deborah Maxwell was elected to the position at the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP biennial election. Maxwell is the first woman elected to the position in the state conference history.
Maxwell defeated incumbent Rev. Dr. T. Anthony Spearman and Gemale Black, President of the Salisbury-Rowan NAACP, receiving 54% of the vote.
Maxwell has served as the president of New Hanover County NAACP, Unit 5424 for the last 10 years. In 2020, Maxwell was appointed to the Governor’s Task Force on Racial Equity in Criminal Justice.
Along with Maxwell, two other women were elected to the three highest offices of the North Carolina Conference of the NAACP.
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