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...proceeds from the celebration, entitled "Roots of the Rainbow," will help retire King's campaign debt from his 1986 bid to succeed Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill in Congress...
...strains of a folk singer, a gospel choir and a '50s rock n' roll band, community activists, local politicans and leaders of the Rainbow Coalition mingled, politicked and griped about the Presidential ticket...
Founder of the Rainbow Coalition and a close personal friend of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, King grew up in the South End, the only racially integrated neighborhood in Boston. His political career, fueled by childhood memories of racial harmony, included a 10-year spell as a state representative--as well as his run for Congress and two campaigns for mayor of Boston...
King, reflecting on the 1988 presidential race, said the necessity of defeating Vice President George Bush is the principal concern of the Rainbow Coalition...
...high in Manhattan's Rainbow Room, where troubles melt like lemon drops and everyone looks more handsome than they really are, Lee Iacocca is doing a passable fox-trot with his daughter. "It's great," he says of the chance to retrieve the old dances. "To me they never went away. We've just had a hiatus for 15 years." This ultimate nightclub reopened last year after a $20 million renovation, and now receives 1,000 calls a day for reservations. "It's what you wanted to have money to spend on," says Joe Baum, mastermind of the dazzling...