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IRS to Audit the NAACP's Tax-Exempt Status

A speech by the chairman of the NAACP causes the IRS to challenge the tax-exempt status of the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. NPR's Tavis Smiley speaks with the NAACP's Julian Bond and GOP strategist and attorney Jack Burkman.

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