Complex sentence: H. K. Edgerton is an African-American activist for Southern heritage and the former president of the Asheville, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).
Split into simpler sentences: H. K. Edgerton is an African-American activist for Southern heritage. He is the former president of the Asheville, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People).