Columbus NAACP President Nana Watson told to resign by national leaders

The president of the Columbus chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is being told to resign from her position and the organization entirely. In a Jan. 22 letter from national leadership to Nana Watson, sent to The Dispatch Friday, the organization detailed allegations against the local president. Those include mishandling membership dues, including to the point of delaying an election for the local chapter; refusing to work with other organizations in the community, failing to attend conferences and meetings; and making false statements about...