ar
on plan to r
thousands awaited entrance to
Cobo Center for the special
events of the eveni the 74th
Annual NAACP Springarn
Medal, which was received by
the Rev. Jessie Lou' Jac on,
J
c
As the fmal even for the
AACP c me to a close
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Sr.
The awards ceremony Vi
pre . ded over by Dr. Benjamin
L. Hoo , CEO/Executive
Director AACP. Hoo chal­
lenged NAACP presidents
from a th nation to t e
the m e back to their city, to
write letter to the U.s. Attor­
ney General protesting the
recent U.S. Supreme Court
ruling. Tell the Atty. General to
spe k the truth, Hooks
directed.
Hooks also called for a
"silent march" on Washington,
Saturday, Aug. 26, to lso
protest e rece decisi of
the Ll.S, Supr' Court on civil
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or ci y ca
COUD • primary e
day September 12
PEOPLE stands for People
for Empo rment, Openne
Principled Leader hip and Ex-
• cellence in government.
At the end of the conference,
participants voted to form a
"political action committee" to
realize their goals.
The body then voted to hold
other meeting to take teps to
realize that goal 7 p.m. Tu y
August t t Central Methodist
Church, 23 Adams at Wood-
ard.
. The idea of one large
umbreDa organization for dif­
ferent neighborhood com­
munity groups has been a long
held dream of Detroit com-
Central Organization (WCO)
was' formed in the 196Os, with
the help of co munity or­
ganizer Saul Alinsky.
A then state enator named
Colem n You 'wor ed ith
WCO to create institutions like
citizen di triet councils to real­
ize the ide I of "people po r",
limit control by city hall.
At he July 15 conventio
Garland Yate f the Center for
Community Ch nge, a
Washingto based group Which
helps organize community
grou ugges that the con­
fer ce demonstr a trong
drive for "people power" in
Detroit today.
ConUDlued