Dolezal on the Today Show

Asked by Matt Lauer if she is an “an African-American woman,” Dolezal said: “I identify as black.”

Dolezal’s career as a civil rights activist in the Pacific Northwest crumbled in the past few days.

She resigned Monday as president of the Spokane, Washington, branch of the NAACP, lost her position as a part-time African studies instructor at a local university, was fired as a freelance newspaper columnist and is being investigated by city Ethics Commission over whether she lied about her race on her application when she landed an appointment to Spokane’s police oversight board. Read more.