confer­
Vern
of
League:
er of
Co re tta
t ro ghly 16 million
will be of voting
by ovember 1980. In
1976, Din million B
ere registered to ate d
only . million voted.
o that the
cad of th eightie will
not b an easy time for
moti tin and mobilizing
tho ho feel that th ir
need ere not met in the
p t d will pro bly not
be m t in the future,"
. d Eddi illiams
chairman of th OBV Steer­
ing Commit .
"H e r," continued
illiams, 'it . cl ar that
e ourse have no don
enought to maximize our
political potential. e m
contin to increa our
o political particlpa-
on, Yny time
racterized by . e d
economic tro le d
for b It- tigb tening."
In 1980, This natioo­
crusade
noted that tke CP, a­
tional Urban League, A.
Phillip Randolph In titute
d PUSH are among
handful of organizations
h program include
voter participation' com­
pon nts.
THE CP' Voter
Educ tion Department .
pl . g pecial emphasi on
re . tering Blac youth.
Benjamin L. Ho s, ex­
cutive director of the
AACP,
urgent
incre
tion.
p. d by high unem-
ployment
pectati in
Blac youth ly have the
mo to gain from ggre .
particip tion in th political
are. e literally want
em to gr their future
in t if han "
Vernon Jordan, pre-
. nt of the tional
Urban Le , ted, "It
responsibility of the
Bla community to m -
imize Bl resi tration and
voter turnout. e don't
ha e the ealth. e don't
the po ere But e do
th numbers. Th
numbers on't count unl
e register and vote. The
'B nda for the 1980's
Ith its em on ell
vital· e full employ-
ment and affirmative ction,
pends on that"
illiams concluded that
OPE RATIO BIG VOTE:
CRUSADE '80 will be
particularly in in
target are tha t could swing
a total of 304 toral
w in a pre tial elec-
tion, 34 more e ectoral
votes than eeded to elect a
rreao«mt.
CF's EDIA ERS - At the United egro College F F) recent
ixth annual media appreciation a d luncheon, Toni orrison right), uthor of the
prize-winning 1978 no , "Song of Solomon,' congratulated the winn r of F'
1979 media appreciation a d. They are from ft) Jeannye Thornton, . editor
of u.s. e and orld Report; John Sengs e, publisher d editor of th Chic
Daily Defender; Andy S ·u (right), managing editor of the e StarLed r.
pictured i Robert Andre , ho prep nted J E. Bur e, board chairman of til
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