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...attitude, while far from complete, has come about in the past ten to 15 years as part of the profound transformation of ideas about the roles and rights of women in society. In cities and states scattered across the country, legal structures and social service networks, prompted by grass-roots women's organizations, have begun to redefine spouse abuse as a violation of the victim's civil rights and a criminal act of assault subject to the same punishments as other acts of violence. Marital abuse has been called "the silent crime." Bringing it out into the open by talking...
...while the pros are saying no, the grass roots are shouting yes. Rural farmers are inspired by Jackson's sermons on the value of the vote; teen-age urban blacks are turned on by his clenched-fist determination; the downtrodden hear in his ringing tones an authentic voice for their concerns. A hustler, perhaps, but a hustler on their behalf. "He does a lot better with the masses than with the leadership," says Holman of the National Urban Coalition. Wherever he goes he attracts enthusiastic crowds, rousing them, inspiring them and drawing them into his quest. "I feel...
...most popularity among blacks and thus the most to lose, have met with Jackson to discuss other political contributions he could make, like running the party's voter-registration drive. They have also explained that winning delegates requires a mastery of state election laws and long hours of grass-roots organizing...
...black registration in Brooklyn to 400,000 by 1985 and help some candidate grab city hall away from Ed Koch, who Vann feels is indifferent to black concerns. The soft-spoken Vann spends several nights a week going door-to-door canvassing unregistered voters. "My approach is from the grass roots," he says. "If you don't have power there, you don't have it anywhere...
...identified by their noses; no two have the same shape. Silver backs exude two distinct odors. One smells like a human locker room. The other, a pungent fear scent, is released by glands in the armpit. From the author's descriptions, family life resembles a picnic on the grass. Hulks shamble off to nibble vegetation or lie about contemplating their toes. "Naoom, naoom" is the low, belching sound of a contented gorilla...