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Congress of Racial Equality
30 Cooper Square New York, New York 10003 - (212)598-4000
"Making Equality 1942 A Reality"
Roy Innis
National Chairman
FAX COVER SHEET
TO:
Name:
CLAUDIA BUTTS
Company:
WHITE HOUSE
Floor/Dept. :
Tel./Ext.:
Date: 12-17-91
Subject: CORE'S mLK DINNER
Number of pages(including cover sheet): 11
FROM:
Name:
ANGELIQUE WIMBUSH
Office:
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
Telefax number: (212) 529-3568
Ext. of sender:
Additional message, if any: I have Brochures as well
as other materials which I can send by
mail. Just say the word
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DEC 16 '91 10:56 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
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RACIBI of 1 Equality
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King National Holiday Celebration
"Reaking Equality 1942 Reality
30 Cooper Square New York, New York 10003 (212) 598-4000
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
NATIONAL : HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
"LIVING THE DREAM" 1992
DAY/DATE:
MONDAY - JANUARY 20, 1992
TIME:
RECEPTION: ROYAL BALLROOM ----- 6:30PM TO 7:30PM
DINNER:
IMPERIAL BALLROOM -- 7:30PM TO 10:00PM
PLACE:
NEW YORK SHERATON CENTRE HOTEL & TOWERS
52ND STREET & 7TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019
DRESS:
BLACK TIE OR NATIONAL DRESS
HOST:
ROY INNIS - CHAIRMAN, CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY
HONORARY
ANTHONY QUINN - ACTOR/DIRECTOR
CHAIRMAN:
HONORARY
JONATHAN BUSH - PRESIDENT, J. BUSH & CO.
CO-CHAIRMEN:
AMBASSADOR THOMAS R. PICKERING - UNITED STATES
PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
TED TURNER, PRESIDENT & C.E.O., TURNER BROADCASTING
MORTON GOULD, PRESIDENT & C.E.O., A.S.C.A.P.
DINNER
NORBY WALTERS
CHAIRMAN:
PRESIDENT & C.E.O., WALTERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
HONOREES:
HON. JAMES A. BAKER - INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD
UNITED STATES, SECRETARY OF STATE
MUHAMMED ALI - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
FORMER CHAMPION BOXER
OLIVER STONE - OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT MOTION PICTURE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR
DIONNE WARWICK - HUMANITARIAN AWARD
RECORDING ARTIST
LT. GEN. CALVIN A.H. WALLER - BUFFALO SOLDIER AWARD
DEPUTY COMMANDER, OPERATION DESERT STORM
A day for nations of the world to cease all violent actions. seek non-violent solutions.
and demonstrate that peace is not just a dream but a real possibility, if only for one day.
DEC 16 '91 10:57 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
P.3
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FEDERAL HOLIDAY COMMISSION
Chairperson
Coretta Scott King
Vice Chairperson
Cong. Ralph Regula
Commissioners
Rev. Raiph D. Abernathy
Hon. Lee Atwater
Hon. Marion S. Barry, Jr.
Roy Innis
Samuel 1.. Brookfield
National Chairman
Hon. Ronald H. Brown
Leonard Burchman
Congress of Racial Equality
Cong. James A. Courter
29 East 10th Street
Fred G. Currey
Cong. John C. Danforth
New York, NY 10003
Sen. Robert J. Dole
Christine King Farris
Keith Geiger
Dear Mr. Innis,
Jesse Hill, Jr.
Sen. Emext F. Hollings
Rev. Benjamin Hooks
As Chairperson of the Federal Holiday Commission, I wish to
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Gov. Thomas H. Kean
thank you for the special part the Congress of Racial
Hon. Jack F. Kemp
Srn. Edward M. Kennedy
Equality has played in promoting appropriate observances
Yolanda King
for the holiday honoring Martin Luther King, Jr
Dr. Charles H. Knapp
Rev. Joseph E. Lowery
Julianne Marley
January 21, 1991, the fifth national holiday honoring
Rev. Patricia Methurg
Albert Nellum
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of our most successful and
Mario Obleder
Cong. Thomas C. Sawyer
meaningful observances. President George Bush issued a
,Inck Sheinkman
Holiday proclamation and forceful statements against racial
Arden E. Shenker
Mitch Snyder
violence and hatred taking place in our country. The
David J. Stern
President also noted the relationship between those
Peter V. Ueberroth
Cong. Alan Wheat
nonviolent struggles for freedom now taking place all over
Rev. Hosea Williams
Stevie Wonder
the world and the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr
Andrew Young
Executive Director
We trust that we can continue to count on CORE's support in
Llovd Davis
Atlanta Office
establishing the holiday as a time To Remember Martin's
449 Authurn Avenue, N.E.
work and the civil rights struggle; a day To Celebrate in
Atlanta. GA 30312
1404) 524-1956
the true spirit of community; and, most importantly, a time
Acting Deputy
To Act to teach and practice racial equality and the
Executive Director
Madeline Y. Lawson
principles of nonviolent social change.
Washington Office
451 Seventh Street, S.W.
Suite 5182
The Commission would also like to acknowledge the excellent
Washington, D.C. 20410
(202) 755-1005/735-2650
cooperation we have received from your Director of Public
Honorary Directors
Relations, George Holmes.
Donald C. Alexander. Esq.
Hon Willie 2. Brown. Jr.
Rev. Causur Clark. Sn
Again, thank you for your support and we will keep you
Rent Cooke
informed of the Federal Holiday Commission's work and ways
Cong. Mervyn M. Dymally
Mary Hatwood Futrell
that we may cooperate.
Cong. William H. Gray. III
Dr. Robert L. Green
Hon. Katie Hall
Sincerely,
Hon. Maynard H. Jackson
Rev. T.I. Jemison
John H. Johnson
Hon. Charles McC. Mathias. Jr.
Cregory T. Moore
Crelle
Gregory Peck
Gov. James R. Thempson
Rev CT. Vivian
Coretta Scott King
King Ceril Williams
David L. Wolper
Tax deductible contributions may be made to the Martin Luther King. Jr. Federal Holiday Corporation.
Mic hari York
Patricip York
a Nonprofit Charitable Organization formed In curry out the work of the Commission
DEC 16 '91 10:57 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
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DEPARTMENT of Bactul Reality
Congress of Racial Equality
Martin Luther King National Holiday Celebration
30 Cooper Square New York, New York 10003 (212) 598-4000
Equality
&
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: GEORGE HOLMES
DECEMBER 10, 1991
(212) 598-4000
SECRETARY OF STATE, JAMES BAKER TO RECEIVE CORE'S HIGHEST HONOR
AT JANUARY 20TH 1992 MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY TRIBUTE
Secretary of State James Baker will be the recipient of the
Congress of Racial Equality's International Brotherhood Award and the
guest of honor at the organization's eighth annual Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Ambassadorial Reception and Awards Dinner, announced CORE
National Chairman Roy Innis. The International Brotherhood Award is
CORE's highest honor. Previous recipients include Secretary General of
the United Nations, Javier Perez de Cuellar, and Nobel Peace Prize
laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel.
The black-tie tribute will be held January 20, 1992 at the
Sheraton Centre Hotel & Towers in Manhattan, and is considered one of
the nations's most spectacular observances of the Federal Holiday
commemorating the legacy of the late civil rights leader. Ambassadors
from more than 80 countries are expected to attend the tribute, as well
as more than 150 celebrities and dignitaries in entertainment,
television, movies, sports, politics and international affairs.
Actor Anthony Quinn will serve as the tribute's honorary chairman.
Honorary co-chairmen are; President Bush's brother, Jonathan Bush;
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, H.E. Thomas Pickering; Ted
Turner, President and C.E.O. of Turner Broadcasting; and Morton Gould,
President and C.E.O. of A.S.C.A.P.
A day for nations of the world to cease all violent actions. seek non-violent solutions,
and demonstrate that peace is not just a dream. but a real possibility. If only for one day.
DEC 16 '91 10:58 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
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EDITION
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NEW YORK NEWSDAY, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1991 unisuh
SMITH
ON JAN. 20, CORE throws its annu-
al Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Din-
ner at the Sheraton Centre in Manhat-
tan. While CORE hasn't yet named its
honorees for the $1,000-a-plate event,
we do hear that director Oliver Stone
will receive an outstanding achieve-
ment award in film and Motown Re-
cords president/CEO Jheryl Busby will
receive a corporate achievement award.
CNN's big man, Ted Turner, Jonathan
Bush (the president's brother) and AS-
CAP's prexy Morton Gould will serve
as co-chairmen
DEC 16 '91 10:59 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
P.6
EDITION
ewsday
SEPT 4 1991
MAN
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Allez, Allez, Ali
In case you thought Muhammad
Ali was down for the count, don't
count on it. We hear that the Con-
gress of Racial Equality will be hon-
oring the three-time heavyweight
champ, who some say is the greatest
heavyweight of all time, at its $1,000-
buck-a-plate do. Can this have some-
thing to do with the fact that chair-
man Roy Innis is not only a boxing
fan, but a boxer? Lest you forget, he
mixed it up with AI Sharpton on the
Morton Downey Jr. show, and
stepped into the ring in Atlantic City
last year with Tommy Morrison.
Anyway, Innis was chowing down at
the Old Homestead the other night
and was overheard to say that CORE
wants to give the champ its lifetime
achievement award. We hear Floyd
Patterson, who's supposedly lending
his support to the tribute, won't be
picked to give the award. Too bad -
we'd love to hear Patterson call the
honoree "Cassius Clay" for old
time's sake. If you remember, or
Newsday / Bruce Gilbert
maybe your mother will, Patterson
Muhammad All
insisted on calling Ali by his pre-
Honored to the core.
Muslim name before their 1965 fight.
Ali, didn't take it kindly and prompt-
ly whupped Patterson's, er, backside.
But good.
DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, September 11.21991
PEOPLE PAGE
CORE'S HUMANITARIAN
Award, that organization's highest,
will go this year to Dionne Warwick,
we're told, and will be given to her
at that organization's dinner, a trib-
ute to Martin Luther King Jr., on
his birthday. Jan. 20, at the Shera-
ton Center: Roy Innis, CORE's na-
tional chairman, told that to a group
of sponsors at the Old Homestead
restaurant. She'll get It for her re-
cording of "That's What Friends
Are For" to benefit AIDS research.
Other awards go to Muhammad All,
Oliver Stone and Jheryl Busby,
president of Motown Records.
Our National Holiday
Congress
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Honorary Committee
Hon. Roy Innis
National Chairman
STOP RACISM
Awards Dinner Committee
DEC 16 '91 11:00 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Hon. Jonathan Bush
MART if
President, J. Bush & Company
Chairman
Chairmen
THE DREAM
Motton Gould
President, A.S.C.A.P.
When
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to ring
President and C.E.O.
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Turner Broadcasting Company
and BI
Norby Walters
resident, Walters Entertainment Group
Congress of Racial Equality
50th Anniversary
Dinner Chairman
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Holiday Celebration
January 20, 1992
Ambassadorial Reception Committee
Sheraton Centre Hotel & Towers
New York, New York
H. E. Thomas R. Pickering
Ambassador, United States of America
Chairman
George W. Holmes
Executive Director
8. 1
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from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be
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able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews
Paula Abdul
and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing. "Free at
Loni Anderson
Holidays are special days. Some are days of
last! Free at Last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! "
Marian Anderson
Ashford & Simpsor
remembrance and some are days of celebration.
Tony Bennett
1955
Martin's Day is both a day TO REMEMBER his
Tired after a hard day at work, Rosa Parks, a 42-year old black seamstress, refuses to give
Yogi Berra
work and dream, and a day TO CELEBRATE
up her seat on a city bus to a whitepassenger. She is arrested. Dr. King successfully leadsa year-long
Ruben Blades
boycott achieving integration of Montgomery, Alabama buses. The victory attracts world attention.
Michael Bolton
in the true spirit of community. But, most im-
Bobby Brown
portantly, Martin's Day is our day TO ACT on
1959
Inspired by Dr. King, nonviolent protests to end segregation sweep the nation. Hundreds
Dave Brubeck
those issues for which he dedicated his life.
of thousands, young and old, black and white, conduct sit-ins, freedom marches, and freedom rides
Raymond Burr
LeVar Burton
Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work took him to
to achieve equal treatment for all people in restaurants, libraries; hospitals, schools, and other public
Cab Calloway
communities across our nation and around the
places.
Johnny Carson
world. He traveled a trail of freedom and the
Tracy Chapman
DEC 16 '91 11:02 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
lives of people everywhere were touched in
1963
In the largest civil rights demonstration in history, 250,000 marchers, of all races and religions,
Ray Charles
some good way by his deeds. Martin said that,
peacefully gather at our nation's Capital calling for civil rights, jobs, and freedom for all. Dr. King's
Natalie Cole
Phil Collins
"everybody can be great because everybody can
words that day will live forever in history: "I have a dream," he said, "that one day, this nation
Howard Cosell
serve." On behalf of the Martin Luther King,
1964
The world honors Dr. King's work, and he is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for creating
Billy Crystal
Jr. Federal Holiday Commission, I wish to thank
positive social change using nonviolent means. For the world, he becomes a symbol of peace, His,
Clifton Davis
you for hearing Martin's message and for dedi-
Ossie Davis
work continues; in America he leads a nonviolent movement to ensure black citizens the right to vote.
cating the holiday to the principles of racial
Robert DeNiro
equality and nonviolent social change.
1967
Dr. King begins a campaign to help poor people. Through creative nonviolent actions, he
Phyllis Diller
Olympia Dukakis
Send us information on how you observed
hopes to draw attention to their need for decent jobs, housing, health care, and education. On April
Robert Duvall
the holiday.
4, 1968, before joining Memphis, Tennessee sanitation workers for a planned protest march, he is
Jose Feliciano
assassinated.
Hon. Geraldine Fes
Let Freedom Ring,
Jane Fonda
John Forsythe
Living the Dream Pledge
The Four Tops
Tony Franciosa
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life and work, I pledge to do everything I can to make America and the
Morgan Freeman
Crutte Scotting
Danny Glover
world a place where equality and justice, freedom and peace will grow and flourish.
Mayor Wilson Goo
Louis Gossett, Jr.
On the holiday, I,
AI Green
CORETTA SCOTT KING
commit myself to Living the Dream by:
Lionel Hampton
Chairperson, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Loving, not hating;
Tommy Hearns
Federal Holiday Commission
Katherine Hepburn
Showing understanding, not anger;
Atlanta Office
Gregory Hines
Making peace, not war.
Whitney Houston
449 Auburn Avenue, N.E.
Angelica Huston
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
Hometown, or Group,
Julio Iglesias
(404) 730-3155
Distribute the Pledge-Make it part of your observ ance. Send your signed Pledges to the Commission.
James Ingram
9. 1
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Extended Page
CORE
Racial Equality
ederal Holiday
lebration
try Committee
Janet Jackson
Al Jarreau
Billy Joel
1
Quincy Jones
Tom Jones
Raul Julia
Gene Kelly
B.B. King
Kris Kristofferson
Patti Labelle
Burt Lancaster
Kenny Loggins
George Lucas
Sidney Lumet
Barry Manilow
Ed McMahon
Bette Midler
Melba Moore
Eddie Murphy
Yoke One
Floyd Patterson
Walter Payton
Gregory Peck
Noel Pointer
Richard Pryor
Anthony Quian
Lou Rawls
rato
Della Reese
Burt Reynolds
Lionel Richie
John Ritter
Chita Rivera
Phil Rizzuto
Kenny Rogers
de
Linda Renstadt
Brooke Shields
Wayman F. Smith III
Rabbi Ronald Sobel
Leslie Upgams
Hon. Cyrus Vance
Luther Vandross
Barbara Walters
Keenan I. Wayans
Robin Williams
Nancy Wilson
P.10
AMBASSADORIAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE
CORE
CO-CHAIRPERSONS
CONGRESS OF RACIAL EQUALITY
H.E. JOHANAN BEIN
H.E. L. YVES FORTIER
Ambassador, Israel
Ambassador, Canada
HON. ROY INNIS
H.E. CHINMAYA GHAREKHAN
H.E. YOSHIO HATANO
NATIONAL CHAIRMAN
Ambassador, India
Ambassador, Japan
H.E. JORGE MONTANO
H.E. MICHAEL OKEYO
Ambassador, Mexico
Ambassador, Kenya
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
H.E. FRANCISCO VILLAR
H.E. HERBERT WALKER
1991 NATIONAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Ambassador, Spain
Ambassador, Jamaica
H.E. YULI M. VORONTSOV
Ambassador, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
MR. CHARLTON HESTON
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
HONORARY COMMITTEE
MR. JERRY LEWIS
TOASTMASTER
H.E. Ricardo Alarcon
H.E. E. Besley Maycock
DEC 16 '91 11:03 ROY INNIS' EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Ambassador, Cuba
Ambassador, Barbados
H.E. Koll Nyidevu Awooner
H.E. James B. Moultrie
H.E. THOMAS R. PICKERING
HON. JONATHAN BUSH
Ambassador, Ghana
Ambassador, Bahamas
AMBASSADOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CHAIRMAN, JONATHAN BUSH & COMPANY
H.E. Pierre-Louis Blanc
H.E. Noor Ahmad Noor
CHAIRMAN
CHAIRMAN
AWARDS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ambassador, France
Ambassador, Afghanistan
AMBASSADORIAL RECEPTION COMMITTEE
H.E. William Bull
H.E. Bagbeni Adelto Nzengeya
Ambassador, Liberia
Ambassador, Zaire
MR. NORBY WALTERS
H.E. Absa Claude Diallo
H.E. Sedfrey A. Ordonez
C.E.O., WALTERS ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Ambassador, Senegal
Ambassador, Philippines
DINNER CHAIRMAN
H.E. Jan Ellasson
H.E. Manuel Pedro Pacavire
Ambassador, Sweden
Ambassador, Angola
H.E. Francis Mahon Hayes
H.E. Stanislaw Pawtak
MR. GEORGE W. HOLMES
Ambassador, Poland
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Ambassador, Ireland
H.E. Martin Huslid
H.E. Eugene M. Pursoo
Ambassador, Norway
Ambassador, Grenada
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY
H.E. Perezi Karukubiro-amunan
H.E. Paulo Mota Sardenberg
Ambassador, Uganda
Ambassador, Brazil
MR. FREDDIE JACKSON
MS. MELBA MOORE
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING
H.E. Daoyu LI
H.E. Cristian Tattenbach
Am bassador, China
Ambassador, Costa Rica
H.E. Ricardo V. Luna
H.E. Vieri Traxler
MR. BARRY MANILOW
Ambassador, Peru
Ambassador, Italy
LET FREEDOM RING
H.E. Peter Dingi Zuze
Ambassador, Zambia
Extended Page 10, 1
AWARDS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
HONOREES
CO-CHAIRPERSONS
MS. FRANCES W. PRESTON
MR. ROGER L. WERNER
President & C.E.O., BMI
Former C.E.O., E.S.P.N.
MR. LEONARD BERNSTEIN
HONORARY COMMITTEE
COMPOSER/CONDUCTOR
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Paula Abdul
Howard Cosell
Hon. Randy Gordon
(Posthumously)
Hon. Mario Aguero
Billy Crystal
Eydie Gorme
Steve Allen
Vic Damone
Lou Gossett, Jr.
John Amos
Clifton Davis
AI Green
Loni Anderson
Ossie Davis
Mitch "Blood" Green
Marian Anderson
Ruby Dee
Simeon Greenaway, Esq.
H.E. JAVIER PEREZ de CUELLAR
Beatrice Arthur
Robert DeNiro
Bryant Gumbel
SECRETARY GENERAL, UNITED NATIONS
Nicholas Ashford
John Denver
Marvin Gutschmit
Hon. Lee Atwater
Richard "Beau" Dietl
Arsenio Hall
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD AWARD
Mark Baker, Esq.
Phyllis Diller
Mark Hamil
Rona Barrett
Morton Downey, JE.
Lionel Hampton
Gene Barry
Hon. Kenneth Drew
Kadeem Hardison
Most Rev. K. Barsamian
James R. Duffy, Esq.
Dorian Harewood
MR. CLIVE DAVIS
Robert "Kool" Bell
Olympia Dukakis
Thomas Hearns
PRESIDENT & C.E.O.
Ralph Bellamy
Robert Duvall
Mariel Hemingway
ARISTA RECORDS, INC.
Regina Belle
Menachen Dworman
Katherine Hepburn
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Tony Bennett
Bob Dylan
Gregory Hines
Yogi Berra
Christopher F. Edley
Celeste Hclm
Joey Bishop
Vince Edwards
Donna Homes
Mayor Ronald Blackwood
Samantha Eggar
Larry Holmes
Ruben Blades
Expose
Evander Holyfield
MR. MORGAN FREEMAN
Thomas A. Bolan, Esq.
Barry Farber
Whitney Houston
ACTOR
Michael Bolton
Jose Feliciano
Bobby Humphrey
Victor Borge
Hon. Geraldine Ferraro
Angelica Huston
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Lloyd Bridges
Hon. Fernando Ferrer
Julio lglesias
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Sr.
James Ingram
Bobby Brown
Hon. Floyd Flake
Charles Inniss
Dave Brubeck
Jane Fonda
Dr. Edison Jackson
MS. GLADYS KNIGHT
Raymond Burr
John Forsythe
Freddie Jackson
RECORDING ARTIST
Levar Burton
The Four Tops
Janet Jackson
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
Cab Calloway
Tony Franciosa
Mark Jackson
David Carradine
William D. Fugazy
Al Jarreau
Diahann Carroll
Hon. Joseph Galiber
Bruce Jenner
Johnny Carson
Chief Christopher Gershel
Billy Joel
John B. Carter
Marla Gibbs
Kevin Johnson
MR. WILLIE MAYS
Tracy Chapman
Debbie Gibson
Quincy Jones
ATHLETE/BUSINESSMAN
Ray Charles
Frank Gilford
Tom Jones.
Natalie Cole
Danny Glover
Raul Julia
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Phil Collins
Mayor Wilson Goode
Ed Kayatt
Perry Como
Dwight Gooden
Hon. Thomas Kean
P.11
The Honorable Roy Innis, Mr. Charlton Heston,
AWARDS PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, The Honorable Jonathan Bush,
Ms. Frances W. Preston & Mr. Roger Werner, Jr.
(continued)
Gene Kelly
Edward James Olmos
Barry I. Slotnick, Esq.
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Founded in 1942, CORE is the third oldest and one
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CORE seeks to establish, in prectice, the
United States. From the "sit-ins" of the 40's,
inalienable right of all people to determine
CORE has established an impeccable rec*
the "Freedom Rides" of the 50's, the calls for
their own destiny; to decide for themselves what
ord of finding solutions to the most difficult
"Black Power" in the 60's and "Self-determina-
social andpolitical organization noperate in
problems facing minorities; formulating the
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their best interest and to do so without
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gratuitous and inhibiting influence from those
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true equality for all people. As the "shock
whose interests are diametrically opposed to
ful actions to bring about non-violent
troops" of the civil rights movement, CORE has
theirs. CORE feels that the most fundamental
social, political and economic change for the
paved the way for the nation to follow.
freedom for all people is the right to govern
underprivileged and, leading America down a
themselves. If this simple ideal can be real-
path of equal opportunity for all of its
CORE's National Headquarters is located in
ized, then other necessary freedoms will auto-
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New York City. From there, a network of local
matically follow.
effiliates and chapters radiate across the
To many we have served 68 a buffer between
United States, parts of Africa, Central America
In essence, CORE's aim is to bring about
them and a life of welfare, Joblessness and
and the Caribbean.
equality for all people regardless of race,
dependency. To others we have been the last
creed, sex, age, disability, religious or ethnic
hope in a never ending struggle against
Membership in CORE is open to anyone who
background. In pursuing its aim, CORE seeks to
tragedy, depression and hopelessness. Me are
believes that "all people are created equal" and
identify and expose acts of discrimination in
the light at the end of a Long dark tunnel,
is willing to work towards the ultimate goal of
the public and private sectors of society. When
true equality throughout the world.
such an act is uncovered, CORE, with its many
In describing CORE today and its overall
multi-service departments, goes into action.
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A contribution to CORE
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The Congress of Recial Equality is offi-
Our commitment, experience and love for
cielly classified as a philanthropic omnibus
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human rights organization. The parent organiza-
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MINORITY HIRING PROGRAMS NO LONGER FOCUS ON BLACKS
Boston Globe (BG) - SUNDAY, October 20, 1991
By: Bruce D. Butterfield, Globe Staff
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION UNDER FIRE
TEXT:
Black Americans, for whom affirmative action was largely created in the
1960s, appear to be losing ground under the new affirmative action programs
of the 1990s.
Increasingly, preferential hiring and promotion programs designed to
correct past biases have expanded to serve white women, Hispanics, Asians
and -- under a new federal law adopted this year -- handicapped people.
Blacks are still a key target group in these programs, of course. But
as the affirmative action net has been cast wider over the last decade,
black America is no longer its prime focus.
According to the numbers, blacks are becoming a minority within the
affirmative action umbrella.
"In 1964, when the civil rights act was passed, three quarters of
minorities were made up of African-Americans," notes Evan Kemp Jr.,
chairman of the federal Equal Employment Opportunities Commission. Last
year, blacks comprised only 43 percent of all minorities.
Hispanic and Asian workers together now make up 10.1 percent of the
nation's public and private sector work force, according to the Bureau of
Labor Statistics. That is exactly the percentage of black workers.
Women, who also are covered by affirmative action, make up 45.4 percent
of the work force. And with the adoption of a new disabilities act,
millions of handicapped Americans have also joined the affirmative action
rolls.
Many black leaders, while conceding there is occasional friction among
minority groups, say the benefits of being part of a broader coalition of
those who have been discriminated against far outweigh losing center stage.
But others charge that affirmative action is widely seen as a program for
blacks when it's criticized -- and a program for women and others when it
praised.
"We get all the blame, and we're getting a disproportionate share of the
jobs," charges Roy Innis, head of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
The changes in who is targeted by affirmative action are dramatic, and
reflects vast changes in the makeup of the nation's population as a whole.
Simply put, other major miniorty groups, owing to immigration have grown
dramatically in America over the last decade, while the black population
has increased far more slightly.
The Hispanic population, for example, rose by 53 percent over the last
decade, while the black population rose by only 13 percent.
Women, meanwhile, have flooded into the work force in unprecedented
numbers over the last two decades in one of the biggest social and economic
changes this century. Under affirmative action guidelines, major companies
are expected to have minorities and women represented, at least in entry
level jobs, in roughly the same percentages as they are found in the work
force the company draws from.
Theoretically, more minorities in the population should mean a far bigger
part of the workplace pie for all.
But that hasn't happened.
After achieving a nearly 50 percent gain in jobs from 1966 to 1988, black
participation in the workplace has remained largely flat since. Hispanic
and other minority groups have continued to make slight gains.
"Affirmative action was designed to compensate blacks for clearly defined
racial discrimination of the past," says Innis. "Now, it's broadened so
much, it applies to even those who suffered, but do not face the same
handicaps." Calling affirmative action a good idea of the 1960s gone wrong,
Innis believes it should be dismantled altogether.
Innis' ideas are not embraced by the majority of black leaders. "I
regret that opportunities for African-Americans are diminishing, but don't
blame other minorities for it," says Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law
professor and consultant to the National Association for the Adancement of
Colored People. "They (different minorities) should not be competing for
the same jobs, but for three jobs."
Other minority leaders downplay the issue.
"I'd be lying to you if I didn't say that I've been in more than one
conversation about one group being more deserving than another group," says
Jamie Talero, executive director of Oficina Hispana, a nonprofit Boston
Hispanic organization. But overall, he said, "it is nonsense to talk about
who is more deserving."
Privately, other Hispanics say they believe their percentage of the work
force, 7.2 percent, should be higher because of the soaring Hispanic
population.
With its goals of racial balance, affirmative action has never allowed
for economic distinctions. One of the criticisms from both blacks and
Hispanics has been that it is largely a middle-class program that has
helped those among minorities who least needed help.
The number of blacks living in poverty today, nearly 10 million, is
largely unchanged from the number living in poverty at the beginning of
affirmative action.
On the issue of hiring under the broader affirmative action programs,
labor consultants agree companies sometimes play games.
"I can tell you by experience in certain industries, when there's
availability of Asian Americans, companies have sought to improve their
(affirmative action) profile by hiring those they would have hired anyway,
Bill Gilberg, a Washington consultant and former solicitor of the US
Department of Labor.
In the future, specialists say, clashes among minorities are likely to
become public -- particularly in areas such as California and Chicago where
rapidly growing Hispanic populations are displacing black Americans in some
areas. Companies are likely to be increasingly confronted with such
disputes, too. The Daniel Lamp Co. on the Southwest side of Chicago has
just agreed to pay a $125,000 fine for allegedly discriminating against
blacks -- while the company heavily employs Hispanics.
The owner, Mike Welbel, said he frequently employed blacks -- but not at
the time the complaint was filed against him.
Complains Welbel: "An employer should not be forced to constantly keep up
with the color of skin."
That attitude is precisely why some blacks worry they are being lost in
an affirmative action shuffle.
Endorsements of and opposition to Thomas
Some of the groups endorsing and opposing Clarence Thomas' nomination to
the Supreme court
Chicago Tribune (CT) - SUNDAY September 15, 1991
Edition: FINAL EDITION Section: PERSPECTIVE Page: 4 Zone: C
Word Count: 688
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Endorsements
According to White House Office of Media Relations
A-B: Accuracy in Academia; Agudath Israel of America; Alabama Family
Advocates; American Conservative Union, American Family Association;
American Road and Transportation Builders Association; Americans for
Clarence Thomas; Americans for Tax Reform; Asian American Voters Coalition;
Asian/Pacific-American Chamber of Commerce; Asian/Pacific-American Heritage
Council; Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.; Associated General
Contractors of America; Association of Christian Schools International;
Associaton of Retired Americans;
C: Catholic Golden Age; Christian Methodist Episcopal Church; Citizens
Committee to Confirm Clarence Thomas; Citizens for a Sound Economy;
Citizens for Educational Freedom; Coalitions for America; College
Republicans; Compton (Calif.) Branch of NAACP; Concerned Citizens of
Florida; Concerned Women for America; Congress of Racial Equality;
Conservative Campaign Fund; Conservative Caucus; Conservative Victory
Committee; Council of 100; Cuban American National Foundation;
D-L: D.C. Black Police Caucus; Eagle Forum; Family Research Council;
Federal Investigators Association; Freedom Alliance; Heartland Coalition
for the Confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas; Improved, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the World; Indian American Forum for Political
Freedom; International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; International Mass
Retail Association, Inc.; International Narcotic Enforcement Officers
Association, Inc.; Knights of Columbus; Landmark Center for Civil Rights;
Leaders of Orthodox-Hasidic Jewish Communities; Liberty County (Ga.) Branch
of NAACP; Lincoln Legal Foundation;
M-R: Michigan Family Forum; National Association of Truck Stop Operators;
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors; National Black Nurses'
Association; National Black Republican Council; National Catholic Education
Association; National Center for Neighborhood Enterprises; National Center
for Public Policy Research; National Coalition for Self-Reliance; National
Council for Young Israel; National Deputy Sheriffs' Association; National
District Attorneys Association; National Federaltion of Independent
Business, National Jewish Coalition; National Republican Heritage Council;
National Sheriffs Association; National Small Business United; National
Tax-Limitations Committee; Pennsylvania Parents Commission, Polish American
Congress; Religious Roundtable; Republican National Lawyers Association;
Rutherford Institute; Republican National Hispanic Assembly;
S-Z: Save America's Youth, Save Our Schools; Senior Coalition; State of
Virginia Republican Black Caucus; Students for America; Teenage
Republicans; Traditional Values Coalition; United Conservatives of America;
United Families of America; United Seniors; U.S. Business and Industrial
Council; U.S. Chambet of Commerce; U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce; U.S.
-Mexico Foundation; Washington Legal Foundation; Washington Policy Group;
Women for Judge Thomas; Young Americans for Freedom; Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority, Inc.
Opposition
According to Alliance for Justice
A-E: AFL-CIO; Alliance for Justice; American Association for Affirmative
Action; American Association of University Women; American Federation of
Government Employees, American Federal of State, County & Municipal
Employees; American Federation of Teachers; American Postal Workers Union;
Americans for Democratic Action, Business and Professional Women; Chicago
Council of Lawyers; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Coalition of Labor
Union Women; Congressional Black Caucus, Employment Law Center, Equal
Rights Advocates;
F-N: Families USA; Florida Association of Women Lawyers; Fund for the
Feminist Majority; Gray Panthers; Government Accountability Project;
Hispanic Bar Association of D.C.; Human Rights Campaign Fund; Independent
Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization; International Ladies
Garment Workers Union; Leadership Conference on Civil rights; League of
United Latin American Citizens; Mexican American Legal Defense &
Educational Fund; NAACP; NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.;
Nation Institute; National Abortion Rights Action League; National
Association of Commissions for Women; National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers; National Black Caucus of State Legislators; National
Conference of Black Lawyers; National Conference of Puerto Rican Women;
National Council of Churches; National Council of Jewish Women; National
Council of La Raza; National Council of Senior Citizens, National Education
Association; National Lawyers Guild; Legal Aid and Defender Association;
National Organization for Women, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund;
National Women's Law Center; National Women's Political Caucus; New Jewish
Agenda;
O-Z: Older Women's League; Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus; People
for the American Way Action Fund; Progressive National Baptist Convention,
Puerto Rican Institute for Civil Rights; Sane/Freeze; Campaign for Global
Security; Service Employees Internatonal Union; United Auto Workers; United
Church of Christ; United Food & Commercial Workers Union International;
United States Student Association; United Steelworkers of America; Voters
for Choice, Women Employed; Women's Legal Defense Fund.
Sources: White House Office of Media Relations, Alliance for Justice.
Chicago Tribune.
JURIST'S SPEECH A HINT ON ABORTION?
Newsday (ND) - Wednesday July 3, 1991
By: Timothy M. Phelps. WASHINGTON BUREAU
Edition: CITY Section: NEWS Page: 17
Word Count: 561
TEXT:
Washington - Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas praised an article
attacking the legal right to abortion in a speech to a conservative
Washington think tank in 1987.
Thomas, in a speech to the Heritage Foundation that focused primarily on
civil rights, praised in passing an article in The American Spectator that
argued there was no legal right to an abortion. Thomas called it "a
spiendid example of applying natural law."
President George Bush, in announcing his selection of Thomas Monday,
made a point in saying he had not questioned Thomas about such issues, and
Republicans have insisted that no one else should either.
But if Thomas has already put himself on record on the volatile issue,
it will likely create an uproar that will make his confirmation much more
difficult - but far from impossible - Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D.-Ariz.),
said in an interview yesterday.
Abortion rights groups said they would use the speech to ask the Senate
to reject Thomas.
Kate Michelman, executive director of the National Abortion Rights
Action League, said that Thomas' nomination should be rejected "unless
Judge Thomas explicitly repudiates this legal philosophy and clearly
recognizes that the Constitution protects the fundamental right to privacy,
including the right to choose."
Several key Democrats earlier yesterday promised a tough examination of
the young jurist's views.
Thomas, currently on the U.S. Court of Appeals here, visited the White
House yesterday for coaching on the confirmation battle.
Sens. Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), both
members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which must vote on the
nomination, vowed to press Thomas during confirmation hearings in September
on his views on abortion, civil rights and other issues.
Last year, when Justice David Souter was up for Senate confirmation, he
was prodded only gently on key issues and successfully resisted substantive
responses. Metzenbaum was the only committee member to vote against
recommending confirmation.
"In the past few months alone, the Supreme Court is throwing out past
decisions, and I think it is legitimate to ask Judge Thomas, 'What do you
think of settled law, like Roe versus Wade (legalizing abortion), what do
you think of a woman's right to privacy, free speech issues, issues of
freedom of religion, " Leahy said.
But other key Democrats on the committee, such as Edward Kennedy
(D-Mass.) and the chairman, Joseph Biden (D-Del.), have yet to make any
strong statement on the nomination.
Civil rights advocates, for whom Thomas' opposition to affirmative
action is anathema, say they are not optimistic that even all liberal
Democrats will oppose the nomination, at least on the basis of Thomas'
civil rights record.
(***THE FOLLOWING APPEARED IN THE NS VERSI Liberal advocacy groups
promised, however, an exhaustive review of Thomas' record in public office,
which includes eight controversial years as chairman of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission.)
"One of the central problems we're going to face is that with the
exception of Metzenbaum and Kennedy, no one is going to want to be caught
dead saying anything about affirmative action in public," said one civil
rights advocate who asked not to be named.
Roy Innis, chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), came out
in support of Thomas' confirmation yesterday, while the Rev. Jesse Jackson
among other prominent black activists came out against him.
Civil rights groups 'refocusing' tactics
Chicago Tribune (CT) - FRIDAY April 5, 1991
By: Jerry Thornton
Edition: NORTH SPORTS FINAL Section: CHICAGOLAND Page: 1 Zone: C
Word Count: 789
TEXT:
The nation's major civil rights organizations are hurting in finances,
membership and media attention, their leaders concede, and many are
considering the methods that swelled their ranks in the 1950s and '60s to
attack the issues of the 1990s.
More than 25 years after the marches in the South, on Capitol Hill and
in Northern cities, longstanding organizations like the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference, the Congress of Racial Equality and Operation PUSH
say they are "refocusing" their tactics to better represent and serve
minorities.
They are also hoping to recapture the interest and energy of their core
constituencies, especially those who benefited from the successes of their
past efforts and the youth who must direct their future.
On Thursday, the 23rd anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., national black leaders met to set an agenda for their
movement at the African-American Leadership Summit II in Atlanta.
"We
set a course for 1991 including a legal plan, lobbying for
the Civil Rights Act of 1991
the Brady Bill on gun control" and
legislation on workers hired to replace striking employees, said SCLC
President Joseph Lowery. "We also made plans to
firm up a moral
agenda, calling upon the nation to redirect its resources to eliminate
poverty, eradicate drugs, provide adequate housing and affordable health
care as it did in waging the Persian Gulf war."
But the need for support-especially in finances and members-has some
leaders worried.
"The civil rights movement today needs two things-money and people,"
said Rev. Elmer L. Fowler, pastor of Third Baptist Church, 1551 W. 95th
St., who completed last December his 2-year term as president of the
Chicago South Side Chapter of the NAACP.
"One of the problems is that those who have benefited from it are no
longer supporting it," Fowler said. "An organization has got to show
membership. Now it's just a few people getting together to chew the fat,
and that's nationwide.
"We also need new young members to bring new directions for the '90s.
Many of the young people don't want to become involved because being
young, they think they know it all, that old people are fogies," said
Fowler, who is 71.
As for those nagging financial problems, most longtime civil rights
leaders note they are nothing new.
"The movement has always hurt financially," said Roy Innis, chairman of
CORE. "I hurt like hell. NAACP, PUSH, all are hurting. Very few are
operating with any fat budgets."
But Innis noted another problem groups like his must face-the changed
nature of civil rights issues.
"My organization broke with the traditional direction of the civil
rights establishment going on two decades now," Innis said. "My position
was that we had won a great civil rights revolution in the 1950s and 1960s
in that we achieved the assigned goal, which was direct confrontation with
segregation. The America that existed previous to 1954 no longer existed."
Innis said the current direction he took for CORE was internally
looking at problems within the African-American community "for which we
share in the culpability for a large extent, the most important of course
being the question of crime."
Henry Williamson, new president of Operation PUSH, which is struggling
with severe budget problems and recent changes in leadership, has
acknowledged a need for new directions.
"Yes, the civil rights organizations today have to broaden," he said.
"What good is it to have access to housing if you can't afford it?"
Lack of media attention has also hurt, according to Lowery. "The media
was an ally at first, but now it is one of the least effective institutions
for civil rights," he said.
"In the 1963 March on Washington there were 250,000 people. In 1983 we
had more than 400,000. We had twice the people and half the media
interest," Lowery said. "Instead of the media focusing on the issues of
jobs and justice, which the march was about, what it focused on was that
there was no 'I Had a Dream' speech."
Today, the NAACP is seeking growth through church bulletins and on
college campuses to increase its influence and recognition. CORE is
planning an April membership drive to mark its 50th anniversary. SCLC has
opened new chapters in the North.
But some don't agree that interest in civil rights can be reflected in
membership roles and chapter names.
"You cannot measure the civil rights movement by three or four civil
rights organizations which are its catalyst," former PUSH leader Jesse
Jackson said. "You never had as many fighting for civil rights as you have
today. Measuring the members of civil rights organizations is not the point
at all."
GATES' FOES SHARE LITTLE BESIDES THEIR BELIEF HE MUST GO
Philadelphia Inquirer (PI) - THURSDAY March 28, 1991
By: John Woestendiek, Inquirer Staff Writer
Edition: FINAL Section: NATIONAL Page: A02
Word Count: 1,130
TEXT:
LOS ANGELES - A month ago, Susan Carpenter-McMillan, president of
California's Feminists for Life, could not have imagined any reason to be
in the same arena as the American Civil Liberties Union, much less to wave
the same banner.
Michael McNulty, spokesman for the conservative Gun Owner's Action
Committee, is no fan of the ACLU, either, nor of the NAACP, nor of any
other civil rights group that, in his view, fails to recognize the right to
bear arms.
But all four organizations are part of the movement that has formed in
the aftermath of the March 3 police beating of Rodney U. King, an unlikely
alliance that includes gays and lesbians and Scientologists, ACLU members
and abortion foes, peace activists and gun owners - all seeking to oust Los
Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates.
Their motives vary, and some cannot wait to wash their hands of their
new-found allies, but for now, some groups that have long been ideological
opposites have joined in a similar goal.
'VERY, VERY WRONG'
"If this man has been able to unite the ACLU and Operation Rescue,
something is very, very wrong with him," said Debbie Grumbine, 40, of
Whittier, Calif., who says she miscarried after Los Ángeles police used
excessive force to arrest her during a 1989 protest by Operation Rescue, a
national organization that sets up blockades at abortion clinics.
Calls for the resignation of Gates, 64, intensified in the weeks after
the beating of King, a 25-year-old black man who remains hospitalized with
numerous skull fractures. According to a videotape taken by a citizen,
King, stopped after what officers said was a high-speed chase, was kicked
and struck with batons more than 50 times by four white police officers as
17 other Los Angeles police officers watched.
The four - Sgt. Stacey Koon and Officers Laurence M. Powell, Timothy E.
Wind and Theodore J. Briseno - pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Superior Court
to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force. Koon
and Powell, also charged with filing false reports, face maximum sentences
of seven years, eight months. Wind faces a seven-year maximum sentence.
Briseno, who is charged with assault although he did not, according to the
indictment, inflict great bodily harm, faces a four-year maximum sentence.
UNUSUALLY QUICK
The officers' trial, like their March 15 indictments, could be unusually
quick in coming. It was tentatively set for the week of April 28.
A county grand jury is considering indictments against the 17 other
officers, and an FBI investigation, in which more than 200 Los Angeles
police officers were to be questioned, began this week.
The incident, prompted church and civil rights groups to call for the
removal of Gates, whose 13 years as chief have been marked by what critics
call racially insensitive remarks.
Gates has called the King beating an aberration - an assessment with
which those groups disagree - and, in an apology for the incident, he
pointed out that King was a convicted robber on parole.
Gates, because of civil service protections, cannot be fired by the
mayor. While Mayor Tom Bradley has stopped short of asking Gates to resign,
he has repeatedly said that Gates' retirement would benefit the city and
police department. Gates, buoyed by rallies in his support, has insisted he
will not leave office.
A similar resolve is expressed by members of the coalition calling for
his resignation, at the forefront of which are the NAACP, Urban League,
Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the ACLU, whose advertising
campaign has resulted in well over 10,000 letters calling for Gates'
removal - a response the organization said it had not seen since it called
for the impeachment of Richard M. Nixon.
Local polls show that between one-third and one-half of the public
believes that Gates should resign, and the organizations calling for his
resignation represent both ends of the political spectrum, including some
that have traditionally been strong supporters of law enforcement.
"We find ourselves in a difficult position because we're basically
system-supporting people who believe in law enforcement," said McNulty, of
the Gun Owners Action Committee, a statewide organization with 8,000
members. "But when the chief oversteps his authority and stands defiantly
before the people he's supposed to serve, there's a real problem."
The gun group's grudge against Gates stems from his support of a state
law, passed last year, outlawing private ownership of assault weapons.
Gates, McNulty said, has been uncooperative, misleading and arrogant in his
dealings with the group.
Last week, the gun group held a joint news conference with the Congress
of Racial Equality in which McNulty appeared with Cedric Innis, son of CORE
founder Roy Innis, calling for Gates' resignation and for state laws to be
changed to allow the election of police chiefs.
"The beating of Rodney King was a travesty of justice, a horrible
violation of civil rights, and it wouldn't surprise us if it, represents an
ongoing pattern," McNulty said during an interview, "but the real issue for
us is the absolute arrogance of Mr. Gates."
'UNCOMFORTABLE'
McNulty said many of the organization's members were "uncomfortable
seeing us allied with some of these groups.
We don't lay claim to any
kinship between gun owners and the NAACP, and the ACLU is not supportive of
our issue. When they read the Constitution they leave a little hole where
the Second Amendment is."
Carpenter-McMillan, of Feminists for Life, which has also called for
Gates to resign, holds an even harsher view of the ACLU. "They are the
biggest hypocrites in the world, and I don't even want to be linked with
these people," she said,
Anti-abortion groups have complained repeatedly about excessive police
force at abortion-clinic blockades, particularly the use by officers of
nunchakus, a martial-arts weapon. Grumbine, a founder of Shield of Roses, a
Catholic anti-abortion organization, said police used the weapon on her
during a June 1989 demonstration in which more than 250 protesters were
arrested. Grumbine, a mother of eight, maintains in a lawsuit that she
miscarried as a result of the weapon's use on her.
The ACLU and the media have paid little heed to the anti-abortion
protesters' complaints of police brutality, Carpenter-McMillan said.
"We are not working with the ACLU" in opposition to Gates, she said,
"but we are working with the NAACP and other people. It's a loose
coalition, and each of us in our own way will go out and try to influence
our people.
"We've been trying to get this point across for two years," she added.
"Rodney King had to almost die to arouse the attention and compassion of
Los Angeles."