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W 0 D.C. - SeYeJ'al
major civil rights Ie der laSt
week, for fir time, openly
que ioaed Pre ident George
Bush's commitment to Civil
R· .
Their COllUDCllts came at the
end of a White H ceremony
observing e 25th anniversery
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
During the ceremony Bu h
pledged the ·viligant d g­
Il' . enforcement of all civil
rights la •
However, his pledge met
by skepticism. Former
pre idential candidate Jesse
JacUoa expressed anger that
Bush appeared more con­
cerned . a recent Supreme
Court decWon allowing flag
burning form of political
free peeCh than °th
four recent court decisions
. ch eaed civil . d
ha\'e1l't been pen
inteDded purpose.
Jones aid the Hou ing
Department h pi n to
rebuild 250 one and t 0
bedroo units in P of the
1,037 three and four bedroom
bri units. She said Ho .
kne of the bill en this
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BU
affirmative action I w . Ac­
cordiag to Ja n, -ney ha\'C
een burning ero e� a lot
longer th n they have been
burning •
Ralph direeto of e
Le der hip COnference on
CIvil Rip said of B ' civil
rights record, "So far we have
een ix months of trong
rhetoric on civil rights and ver,y
little effective le der °