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...Million Man March. There must then be a contemporary piece: "Memorandum on the Million Man March and the Maturing of Black Politics," by professor Martin L. Kilson, Jr. I must admit that Kilson does address some relevant and important issues concerning race relations, primarily the national role of the NAACP in reference to the Million Man March. However, it might have been nice to address the reasons behind the Million Man March so that those who do not understand its positive influence in the area of race relations can begin to understand it. Instead of trying to tackle this perhaps...
Past fellows include Neal Kravitz, principal Democratic deputy special counsel to the Senate Whitewater investigation; Victor Bolden, NAACP Legal Defense Fund assistant counsel; and Sally Goldfarb, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund senior staff attorney...
...actor, noted for parts in movies ranging from Philadelphia to Crimson Tide, won an Oscar in 1989 for his portrayal of "Trip" in Glory and garnered NAACP Image Awards for his leading roles in Malcolm X and Mississippi Masala...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Attorney General Janet Reno announced that the Justice Department is investigating a series of eight fires during the past year at small black churches in rural Alabama and Tennessee. In a January 29 letter to Reno, the NAACP had asked Reno to investigate, charging the frequency and similarity of the fires "make it difficult to rule out the likelihood that at least some of the fires were racially motivated acts of vandalism." "This certainly catches people's eyes here," says Atlanta Bureau chief Adam Cohen. "It's the kind of an issue that really resonates in the South...
Prominent black leaders supporting the march include Jesse Jackson, former NAACP head Benjamin Chavis and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. Many oppose it, including Congressman John L. Lewis; Mary Frances Berry, chairperson of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; and Michael Meyers of the New York Civil Rights Coalition. As Berry put it this week: "I do not trust Louis Farrakhan and Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. to lead us to the Promised Land...