Rachel Dolezal and Andrea Mitchell Reports

Spokane President James Wilburn, Jr.: Close video Andrea Mitchell Reports, 6/15/15, 12:45 PM ET Local NAACP leader steps down following claims she lied about her race Former Spokane NAACP President James Wilburn, Jr., joins Andrea Mitchell to talk about the controversy continuing to swirl in Washington state around Rachel Dolezal, who is being accused of lying about her race. facebook twitter embed like save share group discuss Dolezal will sit for a series of exclusive interviews Tuesday with NBC News’ Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie and MSNBC Melissa Harris-Perry, according to MSNBC. Dolezal added in her statement Monday that the NAACP is faced with pressing issues, including police brutality, economic disenfranchisement and health inequities. In a message posted on the Spokane NAACP Facebook page, Dolezal — elected to the position about six months ago — wrote, In the eye of this current storm, I can see that a separation of family and organization outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP. She did not address the allegations that she lied about her ethnicity. Yet, the dialogue has unexpectedly shifted internationally to my personal identity in the context of defining race and ethnicity. Dolezal was facing calls to step down after her parents told a newspaper, *Coeur d’Alene Press*, last week that their daughter was born white but, since 2004, has been deceiving people by presenting herself as African-American. It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley, she said. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.