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THIS WEEK IN BLACK
HISTORY
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JOth Eh<1leIIT B:tpti: t.
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vant point of t
"hood," the new execut ive director of
the NAACP began to articulat a new
vi ion for an organization which has
10 t uch with th mo t desp rately
disadvanta ed peopl in the Black
community.
Whil be appealed for calm, hi
empbasi w on th critical i ue 0
job and economic justic .
As b trode with Black youth,
including gang bangers, through the
Til
ide, Dr. havi warn d merica
that whil it ould mobilized am -
iv polic pr e to or tall yet
ther rebellion, Am rica had
failed to mobiliz d t r urc to
ensue a j t and I ting P in the
South C ntra of thi nation.
The ima wer not I on the
Bl c peopl of South Central, Bla
peopl ro s the country and the
nation in general. Here w a
thoughtful, cari ng, dynamic new
lead r of th NM tanding with
and fighting for the BI k mass •
Remar ly, in ani hborbood
wh re th name of the NAACP i
hardly a household word. .
NAACP sweat- hirt were
eagerly napp d up by gras roo
people grateful that finally, there is a
leader who und rstands and shares
their agony, pain am aspirations.
Ben Chavis hit the ground run­
ning, and hi new mold �f leadership
i already engendering very high ex­
pectations about the pro pects for
real change with th charting of a
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Reacting to the ination of
ANC leader Chris Rani, Chavis fired
off a t legram of condolence to the
family and the ANC am pledged the
continuing upport of the NAACP
for th liberation struggle in South
Africa
And to underscore his commi t­
ment to a new priority on the prob­
lems of African American youth, Dr.
Chavi attended th Gang Summit
W L CC the
wann embrace of
Cbavi cautioned t e embled
tbat th challenge of charting new
direction for the NAACP am breath­
in' new life into tbe BI freedom
truggl w too awesom for him to
bear along. He exborted tho e 110
want to ee the Association reinvig­
orated to becom eng ed in the
proces .
n effect Dr. Chavi w ying
that this w not his truggle, but our
truggle.
Thi w an entirely ppropri e
note for Dr. Cha . to ound. Though
he i off to a very good tart, th
of r haping the NAACP will be for­
midable ..
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PUBLIC HODSI G WITHII THE BLACK
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havis ' kcy trengtb J hi popu­
larity mon a wide pcctrum of Af­
rican-American activi nd
grru ro ts, .ommunity lead
Many 01 them have kn wn havi
f r nearly two dad, or have
work d with him in " Humber of or-
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D .. R . 8 HA VI the
AA P may recapture i courage
wi cly with- and confidence, charting a dynamic
blueprint f r a ren ed activism for
poop 1 f color in the twenty-first
century.
Dr. Manning Marable i Prof -
r 0 Pohti aJ S ience and Hi tory,
Uruversuy f Colorado. "Along the
Color Line" appears in over �
new . papers nd i broad t by more
than r dio tations throughout
orth Am rica, England, th Carib­
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