Reviews the history and accomplishments of Tuskegee Institute over the past 100 years. Highlights the role played by Booker T. Washington, and W. E. B. DuBois; discusses the career of the school's retiring president, Luther Foster. Provides information on the new president, Dr. Benjamin Payton, and discusses future directions for the college. (APM)

Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the NAACP since 1977, relates the history, achievements, and activities of this organization. A biography of Hooks accompanies the interview. (DM)

Today, the Schomburg Center is the largest, most comprehensive and most heavily used resource center devoted exclusively to documenting history, literature, art, and culture of people of African descent in the world. (Author/MC)

Black women have emerged as leaders because they are the most stable forces within Black communities, go to the polls in greater numbers, organize and unite for service for their communities, and are politically active. (CMG)

Provides a profile on Edward Hector, Oliver Cromwell, Prince Whipple, and James Farten who were black heroes of the Revolutionary War. (AM)

The work of Black leaders and organizations from 1896 to 1954 is reviewed. Discussed are Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, the NAACP, the National Urban League, Marcus Garvey, Arthur A. Schomberg, Carter G. Woodson, Charles S. Johnson, and A. Philip Randolph. (MC)

Resolutions adopted June 28-July 2, 1976 concerned the School Desegregation Standards and Assistance Act of 1976, Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Economic Development, Foreign Affairs, Hospitals, Health, Social Welfare, Housing, Internal Affairs, Labor, Industry, Voting, Communications and Youth Work. (JM)

The black arts movement is predicated on the assumption that black People are inherently different from people of other races and that the difference, quite apart from the influence of learning and experience, embraces emotional, spiritual, and intellectual incitement and response. This assumption is a delusion. (Author)

Discusses historical antecedents and the formation of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Reviews the records of participating congressmen and congresswomen, outlines CBC strategies for legislative change, and assesses the effects of the current political climate on the future of the organization. (GC)

The Black church has played a significant role in the life of the Black community by providing leadership for social change, helping Blacks to develop skills for survival in a White society, and serving as a major social institution for people who have been denied access to the mainstream of American life. (Author/MJL)

Describes the controversy over the Legal Defense Fund's (LDF) continued use of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) name, although the former has separated from the latter. Maintains that public confusion over the competing organizations has prompted NAACP to seek legal action against LDF's unauthorized use of…

Presents a chronological outline of significant developments in the establishment and organization of the Legal Defense Fund and describes its legal activities and status in relation to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). (MJL)

Notes that by using their democratic political process Negroes have made good progress in various areas and can make more progress. Apathy and skepticism regarding politics have no foundation in fact. (Author/AM)

In this paper the history and activities of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, which was chartered in 1917 to promote better Black education and American race relations, are described as they pertain to the fund's financial support for and relationship with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Urban League. (WI)