March/April 2000 Volume 107 No. 2

CONTENTS

COVER STORY (Cover photograph: Carmen L. de Jesus; Makeup: Yolanda Ramsey)
— Mildred Roxborough: NAACP's Indomitable Heroine
By Janus Adams
A story long time coming, Adams's profile of a heroine who has served the NAACP longer (and in more positions than anyone except Roy Wilkins), introduces us to a witty, courageous, and estimable woman with a cause.

FEATURES
— Election 2000 Leveraging the Black Vote
By Ron Walters
Professor Walters tells us not to allow the black political infrastructure to be taken for granted. Rather, it must become the major political stake in bargaining for the black agenda.

— "Nothing Could Be Finah Than to Leave South Carolinah With Your Mon-$-ey"
By Ralph Wiley
Money is the freedom to say no to tyranny. People who spend their money with those who fly the Confederate flag are plain foolish.

— Why Sexism Should Top the Civil Rights Agenda
By Judy Dothard Simmons
Calling on civil rights leaders to give the global condition of women its proper priority, Simmons describes conditions that, some advocated say, amount to a holocaust for female humanity.

— Lucy Parsons: Revolutionary
By Elizabeth Thorarajoo
Parsons is an unsung heroine of history. From the late 1800s well into the 20th Century she fought fearlessly for the rights of disenfranchised and oppressed people.

— The Reverend LeRoy Attles: Heavenly Grace and Community Service
By Steve Crowe
Reverend Attles, a civil rights activist in his youth who was called to the ministry, is adamantly dedicated to community service and social progress.

— The Triumph of Excellence
By Phil Petrie
Through math, management, and music, three innovative African-American women elude stereotyping with their unique talents.

— A Turning Point in My Life.
By Mattye T. Bond
Roxborough's 104 year-old mother gives us a memoir of her life as a civil rights activist in the 20th Century.

— Legends: NAACP Women Who Have Made A Difference
Compiled by Zena Rodriguez
This digest recalls some stalwart Association-builders and their contributions.

SPECIAL SECTION:
— The World of the NAACP
Police Plagues Black America. Regional Roundup. 31st NAACP Image Awards. NAACP leads protest in Florida.

DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Notebook
- By Ida E. Lewis
- Letters
- Milestones
- Poem
- Books
- Music

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Mildred Roxborough with Mother Mattye T. Bond