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...minority rights resolution that was drafted by conference organizers but later rewritten and toughened by the one-third of delegates who were black, Hispanic, Indian or Oriental. The revised version was carried with virtual unanimity by delegates who had split bitterly on other issues. Exulted Liz Carpenter, leader of ERAmerica, the group spearheading the amendment ratification drive: "We can no longer be accused of being a middle-class white women's cause." New Yorker Letty Cottin Pogrebin recalled seeing a black delegate wearing an orange armband in support of lesbian rights, a button favoring abortion and a pro-ERA button...
...making plans for this year's campaign in South Carolina, where a senate vote is expected within several weeks. Yet ERA has lost in that state twice before, and local politicians believe the measure cannot clear both the house and senate during the current session. Looking further ahead, ERAmerica, the group coordinating the ratification drive, hopes to defeat key opponents during the 1978 state-legislature elections-a tactic that could produce some last-minute ratifications early in 1979. Sympathetic groups like the National Education Association have announced they will not schedule conventions in states that have not passed...