E-mail a friendSeptember 6, 2005
Hurricane survivors, James Silas and Shantrell Talton, discuss moving on after their ordeal. NAACP president Bruce Gordon explains his organization's relief efforts and comments on the latest Supreme Court developments.
James Silas & Shantrell Talton
James Silas & Shantrell Talton
James Silas and Shantrell Talton survived Hurricane Katrina. With his wife and three children, Silas evacuated on a make-shift raft in 8 feet of water. While evacuating, his daughter bumped into their dead neighbor's floating body. Talton was stranded on her two-story complex with 21 others for two days, before finally being rescued by a stranger in a boat. She was forced to put her ailing mother in a truck with strangers, in order to be evacuated and receive medical attention.
Bruce Gordon
Bruce Gordon
After a 19-month tenure, Bruce Gordon recently announced his resignation as president and CEO of the NAACP. He took the reigns of the civil rights group after a 35-year career in the telecommunications industry. A lifelong advocate for racial equality, Gordon established a mentoring and networking program at Verizon for African American executives. For his achievements in fostering corporate diversity, Fortune magazine named him one of the '50 Most Powerful Black Executives.'