by CHARL01TE SMARTE­
FAAL
franchi its former slaves.
From the famous m reh on
WashinglOn to the Rev. Jes
Jackson· second bid for the
U.S. presidency in 1988. there
has been indeed s revolution
takin place. Tod y that
revolution i formulatin in
the mind of Afric n-
American and other
minority vo er .
Thi political warene i
perbap mo t evident in the
event that took place and led
up to the 19 Democrat"
Nation I Convention
Atlanta. Ga.
Jackson" campai n a a
thre t to the hue American
stams quo. ccordin to hi
longtime a iate, and no
itical Director for the I
Campai n .. Frank E. W. t­
kin .
�
The mcdi exposure on
Jack on took on a negative
C da d
African American voters
have had a long road to travel
in terms of political
awareness-living in a coun
try hose Con titution gran­
ted 11 i citizens inalienable
npts. but hose people
soupt in every ay-throu' h
poll ta� the ,randfather
clau and the like-to disen-
ro
fa
I
,
a·
daily De �per are Black,
m- Hispanic, JaD- merican, or
American Indian. 'Ihi . just
two per cent more than the
Kerner Report revealed 20
years ago. oreover, majority
of Wbi e daily wspapers, 55
per ceat, ,ill do not employ any
. ity jo . There are,
ver, a number of job open­
and career 0 rtunitie
l for experienced jour IS or
.. _,.I_t� . outstanding scho ip interns
. Black pr' media, caw .
I to etve G. Da . , executive
director, of teN tional
�" .. per Associa- ixties
Press of We are the most important
minority anymore, and the
po er must be sh red with \
other peop of color i this
country,"
-I( Duh i comes into
po er, we'll e change ; if
Bush comes, it ill be more the
same," Elli Continued. "In­
creasi Iy, who you kn and
h II Y u can ccess the
power point, re at ill
deter' re will go."
e the Democ::ra .
rid Republican Pre idential
can' t re invited to t-
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