Can the current leadership face and conquer the challenges of the new millennium? How far have our leaders and issues evolved over the last several decades? This program takes a look back at some of the events and issues that have shaped Black thought for more than 50 years.
In 1972 an unprecedented gathering of the top Black leaders appeared in a live 90-minute special.
The guests were:
- Reverend Ralph David D. Abernathy (Southern Christian Leadership Council)
- Imamu Amear Baraka (Congress of African People)
- Dr. James E. Cheek (Howard University)
- Rev. Albert B. Cleage Jr (Black Christian Nationalists Movement)
- Congressman Charles Diggs Jr (Congressional Black Caucus)
- Dick Gregory (social activist)
- Dorothy Height (National Council of Negro Women)
- Roy Innis (Congress of Racial Equality)
- Vernon E. Jordan, Jr (National Urban League)
- Dr. John A. Morsell (NAACP)
- Honorable Elijah Muhammad (Nation of Islam) (by phone)
Episode 2125, Aired in 1998
Categories:
Historical Figures,
Political Studies
