Word: caucus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Farrakhan: I don't feel that we can go down the road to liberation without a John Jacob, without a Jesse Jackson, without a Dorothy Height, without a Coretta Scott King or a Congressional Black Caucus or an N.A.A.C.P...
...violin and talked of reaching out to Jews. A Farrakhan speech in New York City this December drew 30,000 people, a crowd that would be impressive for a rocker, much less a lecturer. In September U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume of Maryland, head of the Congressional Black Caucus, announced that he had formed a "covenant" with Farrakhan and that the caucus would work with him. But after Muhammad's diatribe, Mfume asked Farrakhan to "clarify" his position on the speech. He has yet to receive an answer, and the mainstreaming of Farrakhan is on hold...
That fear also pervades the African-American community, which despite its concern about crime is resistant to the crime bill. In the view of the influential Congressional Black Caucus, the Senate version of the legislation stresses prison and mandatory minimum sentences too much over social programs -- an imbalance that affects blacks disproportionately. "I went to Jesse Jackson's conference about black-on-black violence, and everybody there was against the crime bill," says an Administration source. "Their vehemence surprised...
...Jesse Jackson, the NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus also made statements against the speech...
...civil rights agenda under way were frustrated once more when John Payton, Clinton's latest choice to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, withdrew his name. Although backed by major rights groups, Payton, who is black, was opposed by many members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Two other key personnel choices also withdrew: Gerald Torres, who would have been Payton's Justice counterpart on environment < matters, and New York lawyer Harold Ickes, whom Clinton wanted to take over the drive for his health plan...