Jealous, who lives in Pasadena, was elected president of the Baltimore-based NAACP in 2008 at age 35, becoming the youngest person to head the civil rights organization. He led the group until 2013, the year after he spearheaded the NAACP's successful campaign to abolish Maryland's death penalty. During that year's debate, he was a regular visitor to Annapolis as he lobbied lawmakers to pass Democrat Gov. Martin O'Malley's repeal bill.