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This week's cover story on the drive to enhance and focus black political power in the 1984 campaign is the product of reports from TIME correspondents across the country. The most demanding and rewarding assignment fell to Correspondent Jack White: covering the point man and catalyst of much...
Jesse Jackson spearheads a new black drive for political power
The timing was masterly. When Presidential Hopeful Walter Mondale stepped to the rostrum at a forum held by the twelfth annual Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) convention last week in Atlanta, he turned to acknowledge the organization's national president, the Rev. Jesse Jackson. "President Jackson," he...
Mondale's sly question drew a roar of approval from an audience of black ministers, small-town mayors and businessmen. Officially, they were meeting to discuss issues such as education, jobs, black voting rights and voter registration. But the gathering turned into a pep rally for a black presidential...
How are they managing it? Consider their approach to what is only a small side issue, the traditional Olympic torch relay. Deluged with tens of thousands of requests to carry the torch, L.A.O.O.C. President Peter Ueberroth concluded that the flame could generate some national spirit and some local dollars for...