Word: caucuses
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Unfortunately, none of the knowledge that was given or gained in these discussion is on the tape the Black Caucus is taking back to Washington...
However, there was a very good reason why the Black Caucus chose to have its national priorities forum here, and co-sponsored by prominent liberal newspapers. With the tacit support implicit in that sponsorship, the Ethnic Catering Service may be able to go to Miami with the best meal in town...
...unavoidably symbolic. William L. Clay (D-Mo.) Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, opened the final press conference with a brief summation of why the Caucus had conducted its two-day forum on national priorities and why the group had chosen to hold it at Harvard in conjunction with three large liberal newspapers and the Institute of Politics...
...Without the support of the people who mold public opinion in this country, we're not going to be successful in solving the problems that exist for Black Americans," Clay said. "So with that in mind, that is why the Congressional Black Caucus decided number one on having this conference at Harvard--with all of the prestige that goes along with that. And that is why we decided to have as co-sponsors of this conference such distinguished newspapers as the Boston Globe, the Philadelphia Bulletin and the Chicago Sun-Times...
Camera clicks mixed with the sound of Clay's clean Missouri drawl. "That is also why we decided that we would come down on the mass communications media, and come down on them hard. And I think that anyone who has read the position of the Black Caucus," Clay continued, "as it relates to mass communications is aware...