JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2000 Volume 107 No. 1

CONTENTS
The Dawn of the Millennium 2000

COVER STORY (Cover photography by Carmen L. de Jesus)
— NAACP Chairman Julian Bond: Still Spearheading the Cause of Racial Justice
By C. Stone Brown
Chairman, Julian Bond is philosophically "old school," believing in improving on the fundamental strengths of the NAACP.

FEATURES
— Reverse Racism or How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black
By Stanley Fish
Whites once claimed privileges while denying them to others. Now blacks demand affirmative action. Is one as bad as the other?

— Is Extreme Racism A Mental Illness?
The great debate: do racists suffer from mental illness? Psychiatrist, Dr. Alvin Poussaint says yes, psychologist, Jeffrey Schaler says no.

— The Second Coming of Amos 'N' Andy
By Leroy D. Clark
Professor Clark claims that much of current black comedy on television and in the movies are crude revivals of the worst form of racial stereotyping.

— Little Things That Made a Big Difference
By Paul Wardell Perry
Commonplace items from the dust pan to the fountain pen, invented by African Americans.

— Black History Lost and Found
By Phil W. Petrie
NAACP Image Award winner, Dr. S. Allen Counter, finds African culture on three continents.

— Royal News from Africa
By Stacey Farley
The plight of Africa's royalty, today.

— America's "Other" Private Schools
By Dr. Joseph T. Durham
We may recognize the names of white-dominated private schools. Less well known, however, are African-American private schools, often designated as academies, whose existence has been virtually ignored.

— The World of the NAACP
NAACP leads thousands in South Carolina to bring down confederate flag: NBC and ABC reach accord on minority opportunities. Regional Roundup: National and Regional News Briefs.

PROFILE
— The Life and Times of Nelson Mandela
By C. Stone Brown
Nelson Mandela: Freedom-fighter, world statesman and first African president of South Africa.

SPECIAL REPORT
— 8 page pull-out. Ancient Africa/African Empires Timeline
By Professor Cora Agatucci
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Notebook
- By Ida E. Lewis
- Letters
- Milestones
- Poetry
- Books
- Sports
- Music
- Dance
- Art

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