May/June 2000 Volume 107 No.3

COVER STORY (Cover photograph: Carmen L. de Jesus; Makeup: Yolanda Ramsey)
— Vernon Jarrett: Pied Piper of Black Youth Excellence
By C. Stone Brown
Brown charts the roots of renown journalist/scholar Vernon Jarrett, a lifelong mentor of young black achievers, founder of ACT-SO, the most acclaimed NAACP youth program dedicated to scholarship and distinction.

FEATURES
— Who Controls the Past Controls the Future
By James W. Loewen
Professor Loewen advises us that history cannot be avoided. He contends that understandings of our past race relations are especially powerful influences in our public and private lives.

— ACT-SO Genius: Brian Riley: A Dream That Will Not Be Deferred
By Kenya Nyota Lee
Young Riley 19, an ACT-SO gold and bronze medal winner, shows how positive choices in life foster his creativity.

— Millennium Dreamers
African gymnast, Alexandra Govere, dreams of becoming Zimbabwe's first Black ballet prima donna. Youth leader Ryan Neal, described as a natural born leader, walks the path of commitment.

— Troubadours for Black History
By Sara Scott
The Jackson High School Black History Tour Group of Jackson, Michigan travels across the country with messages of racial unity and social inclusion.

— Worldspace: Launching Africa into the Digital Information Age
By Peter Joseph Brown
Noah Samara delivers continental-wide, digital radio service by satellite to remote Africa, Asia and Latin America, ushering in a third-world communications revolution that could alter the course of history.

— Profile: William Roberson: A Future in Focus, in Reach
By Gene Davis
Roberson, a young and upcoming music writer and producer, says there is a surge of entrepreneurship among black youth.

- A Tribute to Sarah Vaughn: Sassy Was Definitely Not the Avon Lady
By Amiri Baraka
Baraka, the internationally lauded poet and playwright, pays tribute to the unforgettable Sarah Vaughn as the most daring, and innovative, the clearest voice of the new music ... the Charlie Parker of the Voice.

COLUMNS
- Flashback - Vietnam Revisited (By Yasuo Ochi)
- Commentary: Elian Puts U.S., Cuba in Bed Together Again (By Ralph Wiley)
- The Last Word - Train Up Our Youth: NAACP Religious Affairs (By Reverend Julius C. Hope)

SPECIAL SECTION:
- The World of the NAACP
Compiled by Phil Petrie
NAACP Regions Working to Make Things Better ... Regional Roundup ... The Martin Luther King Holiday: Branches Work to Make It Work ... July 2000/Convention Notes ... News from National Office ... FYI
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Notebook
- By Ida E. Lewis
- Letters
- Milestones
- History
- Books
- Poem
- Art

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