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Righ Movement no longer ex­
i t. We face an unprecedented
crisis of poverty, violence, job­
I and social despair, and
th old approach are no 10D�r
sufficient or viable.
We must struggle to tra
form our situation, to extend the
principl of political democracy
to economic and social relations,
to create the foundations of
genuine opportunity for our peo­
ple. We need a bold D W leader­
ship with a democratic vi ion of
Black empowerment and equal­
ity. As Frederick Douglass re­
minded us more that a century
ago: "Without struggle, there
can be no progress."
Dr. Manning Marable i Pro� or 0(
H tory and Political cien� and Di�
tor of the lnstuute for R rch in A/ri­
can-American Studie , Columbia
Unioersuy, New Y<ri City.
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thi mea national
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i u . ltd of looking to th
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think, we should utilize our own
networks and resources to p
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W n to initiate I de hip
training mina within Bla
institutions hich identify and
educate the ne generation of
African-American leaders.
One achie power by build-
ing a strategy or plan of action
b on reality. We must ar-
iculate a conc te analysis of
concrete condi ions - not a r0-
mantic, wish-list of things as e
would prefer them to be. We are
a people of African d cent, to be
sure, but the vast majority of our
people will live, work and die
right here in th United States.
We need a plan of group develop­
ment that i grounded funda­
mentally in the h re and now,
not in ancient Egypt or in the
rd a ne
th t
m havet ooura torevital­
ize our mo ment for f om
periodically. In South Africa in
the 1940 , t African tiona)
Con ntially an "in­
clu ionist" organization - it
ough reforms and the ymbolic
rep ntation of Black people
'thin th tablisb ystem.
THE THE
T Party" came to power and
i tituted apartheid, A totally,
new situation existed for Black
people, requiring new rategi
and programs. New leadership
ro e, personified by Nelson
Mandela and Walter Sisulu; a
new program of massive resis­
tance was launched, calling for
the democratic transformation
of South Mrican society.
We have a similar ituation in
Blac America today. The
masses of our people recognize
that most of the i es which
defined the period of the Civil
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