Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. is an African American civil rights movement veteran leader and icon. He is an author, chemist, United Church of ­Christ–­ordained minister, and PBS TV executive producer of The ­Chavis Chronicles. He is currently president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. He also chairs the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the Thurgood Marshall Center Trust, We Are Digital, and the Energy Action Alliance.