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Word: captainless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...BETTER OR WORSE, the thousands that thronged the Yard two weeks ago to hear the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson speak proved that he has taken over the helm of the Black civil rights movement, a movement that was left captainless by the assassination of the late sixties. But what has happened to those of the old guard who were fortunate enough to survive the turbulence that claimed Martin Luthur King and Malcolm X? How have the two decades since those slayings changed their views and method? And what can Jackson-and anyone else seriously interested in the Black movement-learn...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: The Tiger and the Pussycat | 4/17/1985 | See Source »

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