Dolezal resigns from NAACP in Spokane

Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey Jul 14, 2025

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Dolezal resigns from NAACP in Spokane</h1>
                <h2><p>Rachel Dolezal has stepped down as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, NPR reports. She has come under fire over the past few days for allegedly lying about being black. Her parents recently told reporters that their daughter is white, and supplied photos of a young, blonde Rachel.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/marissa-brent-tookey-crosscut-com/">Marissa Brent-Tookey</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://dev.cascadepbs.org/content/images/sites/default/files/images/article/gallery/dolezal_mug_t210.jpg" class="kg-image" alt="dolezal_mug_t210" loading="lazy" width="210" height="265"></figure><p>Rachel Dolezal has stepped down as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/15/414655045/rachel-dolezal-resigns-as-president-of-spokane-naacp?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">NPR reports</a>. She has come under fire over the past few days for allegedly lying about being black. Her parents recently told reporters that their daughter is white, and supplied photos of a young, blonde Rachel. Yesterday, Dolezal canceled the Spokane NAACP's monthly meeting, scheduled for today. Now she has posted her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spokane.naacp/posts/1623781377868883">letter of resignation</a> on the organization's Facebook page. "In the eye of this current storm," she writes, "I can see that a separation of family and organizational outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP." Vice President Naima Quarles-Burnley will step in as interim president.</p>
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Rachel Dolezal has stepped down as president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, NPR reports. She has come under fire over the past few days for allegedly lying about being black. Her parents recently told reporters that their daughter is white, and supplied photos of a young, blonde Rachel. Yesterday, Dolezal canceled the Spokane NAACP's monthly meeting, scheduled for today. Now she has posted her letter of resignation on the organization's Facebook page. "In the eye of this current storm," she writes, "I can see that a separation of family and organizational outcomes is in the best interest of the NAACP." Vice President Naima Quarles-Burnley will step in as interim president.

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By Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She holds a B.A. in French from Seattle University and now studies film production at Shoreline Community College. In addition to crewing a doz