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Authors :
Barnes, Fred
Source :
New Republic; 1/25/88, Vol. 198 Issue 4, p10-11, 2p
Publication Year :
1988

Abstract

Focuses on the policy of U.S. President Ronald Reagan toward the African Americans. Statement made by Reagan refuting the racism charges against African Americans; Refusal made by Reagan to the invitation by the Martin Luther King Center to speak on Martin Luther King's Birthday; Argument that any Republican president is bound to be somewhat divisive, since African Americans are overwhelmingly Democratic; Indifference of Reagan to the civil rights issues of the African Americans; Support extended by George Lucas, a black minister of Petersburg, Virginia, to Reagan.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
198
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
11686795