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...everyone so interested in voter registration?" asks longtime civil rights activist James E. Madison. "It all has to do with what I call Plato's theory to defeat apathy: you either provide people with an incentive or you expose a devil-this year we've got both...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Preaching to the Unconverted | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...Madison, of course, is referring to the Presidency of Ronald Reagan and the candidacy of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. Reagan gets liberals angry; Jackson is actively trying to appeal to a class of voters traditionally underrepresented in the voting population. Together, they are helping spur one of the largest get-out-the-vote efforts in recent history. Not since the succession of marches in the South that prompted the voting Rights Act of 1965 has there been such avid interest in voter registration. While traditional groups like the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Preaching to the Unconverted | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

Bruce Munson Madison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 27, 1984 | 2/27/1984 | See Source »

...Madison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 20, 1984 | 2/20/1984 | See Source »

...team, however, that Hunter couldn't touch. Ever, Year after year, the guys got really psyched, went in, held their own for a while, and then lost to the "B" varsity form Power Memorial High School. The joke always went around that the "A" varsity was playing at Madison Square Garden and couldn't play us, but the fact was, the Power folks were too nice to be realistic and send in their...

Author: By Marif B. Morris, | Title: A Learning Experience | 2/8/1984 | See Source »

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