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...danger of becoming a society of haves and have-nots," Brown said. "This is unacceptable." TIME national correspondent Jack E. White says the nonpartisan reports will "reinforce the belief that black interests have been put on the political back burner," and will jolt major black groups like the NAACP to take stronger stands on economic issues. "This is confirmation that 30 years after the Civil Rights acts were passed, blacks don't enjoy anything like equality," White says...
...danger of becoming a society of haves and have-nots," Brown said. "This is unacceptable." TIME national correspondent Jack E. White says the nonpartisan reports will "reinforce the belief that black interests have been put on the political back burner," and will jolt major black groups like the NAACP to take stronger stands on economic issues. "This is confirmation that 30 years after the Civil Rights acts were passed, blacks don't enjoy anything like equality," White says...
...NAACP Chairwoman Myrlie Evers-Williams left her dying husband's bedside on Saturday to be present for the close vote that elected her, and to preside over her first meeting as chair. Early this morning, Walter Williams died of cancer. "She got home just in time for him to recognize her," says TIME's White. "It was literally a choice between life and death. He told her, 'It's too important, you have to go.'" Evers-Williams lost her first husband, civil rights leader Medgar Evers, to an assassin's bullet three decades...
TheNAACP's annual board meeting tomorrow is likely to be the organization's most tumultuous to date, and could result in the ouster of its board chairman, William Gibson, says TIME National correspondent Jack White. Gibson, a supporter of former NAACP executive director Benjamin Chavis, has been accused of misusing funds and doing nothing to stop sexual harassment of some employees. Chavis was fired last August amid charges that he used NAACP money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. The chief rival for Gibson's job is Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The organization...
Dickenson, a fellowship recipient who will work for the NAACP Legal defense fund next fall, praised the office's assistance...