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Jewish Opposition Seen
At NAACP Meeting
Baltimore (JTA) — There was a
silent, unstated subtext to the
black leadership summit con-
vened in Baltimore this week by
the NAACP: The tensions and
suspicions between blacks and
Jews emanating from Minister
Louis Farrakhan's presence at
the top-level conclave.
The word "Jew" was never
mentioned, but a string of veiled
references to Jewish opposition
pervaded every public session of
the summit.
According to several delegates
to the closed-door sessions, such
allusions also dominated some of
the private sessions, as well.
The intensity — and the im-
portance — which the black lead-
ers attached to Jewish criticism
of Farrakhan's participation at
the summit was apparent at their
last news conference.
Benjamin Chavis Jr., execu-
tive director of the National As-
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, briefly an-
nounced that the 100-member
summit had established three
working committees to address
broad goals for African Ameri-
cans — economic development,
youth and community empower-
tion of Islam's paramilitary se-
curity force, the Fruit of Islam,
ringed the NAACP's campus in
northwest Baltimore, Mr. Chavis
referred to "threats" that had re-
quired summit organizers to "se-
cure this compound. We did not
let that intimidation and threats
stop us."
The outcome of the summit
dismayed Jewish leaders, some
of whom had hoped that, at a
minimum, the conference would
censure all bigotry and hate, re-
gardless of its source.
Throughout the two-and-a-
half-day summit Mr. Farrakhan's
presence — and the heat swirling
Mr. Chavis referred
to 'threats' that had
required summit
organizers to secure
the compound.
around it — was a magnet for
both the press and other confer-
ence leaders.
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Nation of Islam security detail checks out protestors.
ment and moral and spiritual re-
newal.
He then firmly stated, "Nev-
er again will we allow any exter-
nal forces to dictate to the African
American community who we
will meet with. The life-and-death
issues of our people are crucially
important to us. We have locked
arms and the circle will not be
broken."
A few minutes later, as Mr.
Farrakhan stood directly on his
left and as members of the Na-
meeting, the Rev. Al Sharpton,
the black leader from New York,
suggested that no one attending
the summit had been compro-
mised by Mr. Farrakhan's par-
ticipation.
The protest against Mr. Far-
rakhan's involvement at the sum-
mit highlighted Jewish ire at the
Nation of Islam leader. It also un-
derscored the irony that such ex-
ternal threats are one of the few
glues that can bring together a
divided Jewish community.