September/October 2000 Volume 107 No. 5

CONTENTS

COVER STORY
— Hilary O. Shelton: A Conversation with the NAACP's Capitol Hill Point Man
(Cover photograph: Carmen L. de Jesus)
By C. Stone Brown
Shelton's $64 question to politicians, "What are you going to do for us?"

FEATURES
— Perpetrator Without a Profile: The Lake Worth of Shooting
By Hetal Gandhi
The tragedy that engulfed intelligent 13-year-old Nate Brazill who shot and killed a teacher whom he loved. Should Brazill be tried as an adult?

— The Case and Pardon of Professor Preston King
By Richard Paul Thornell
Preston T. King, 63, a brave son of the old racist South, comes home after more than a generation of forced exile. President Clinton pardons King, a distinguished philosopher and educator, from a wrongful and unconstitutional conviction and jail sentence for alleged draft evasion in 1961.

— Crisis Presidential Election Guide
Compiled by Ziedah Ferguson Giovanni
Presidential candidates Al Gore (D) and George W. Bush (R) speak out on issues including racial profiling, affirmative action and education.

— Hazel Dukes, Fernando Ferrer & Gloria Toote Speak Out on Voter Empowerment
As reported to Noelle Llewellyn

— Fred Montgomery: Sharecropper to Mayor
By Lucas Johnson
Montgomery grew up going in back doors and using restrooms marked "colored." Today families who once called him "nigger" now all call him "mayor."

- An Interview with Fidel Castro
By Federico Mayor Zaragoza
Fidel Castro tells Mayor that the great heroes of the Cuban Revolution have been the people, who have contributed tremendous sacrifices and immense trust.

- Les Brown: Living His Dreams
By Peter Brown
The celebrated motivational speaker, once mistakenly identified as mentally retarded, keeps it real by sharing his personal failures and triumphs so that his audience can live their dreams, too.

— ACT-SO: Everyone is a Winner
By Judy Dothard Simmons
At the ACT-SO competition some took home the gold, silver, and bronze medals, but everyone was a winner.

SPECIAL SECTION:
- The World of the NAACP
*NAACP Mounts Voter-Registration Drive.
* NAACP Convention 2000.
* Detroit Branch Motors to the Top with 42,000 Members.
* NAACP's Legislative Report

DEPARTMENTS
- Editor's Notebook by Ida E. Lewis
- Letters
- Milestones
- Education
- History
- Sports
- Theater
- Movies
- Music
- Books
- Poetry

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