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Black Misleadership Class Specializes in Groveling
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
17 Oct 2017
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Most Black elected officials and established civic organizations long ago stopped making substantive demands of U.S. rulers. “They have no demands. They can’t step outside the parameters established by the system,” said Omali Yeshitela, chairman of the Black Is Back Coalition, which will hold its 9th annual march on the White House and national conference, November 4 and 5.


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