July/August 2003

CONTENTS

COVER STORY (Cover photo: Black Star)
— Great Expectations
*Civil rights activists and other march participants take a look back at the historic 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
By Juan Williams

FEATURES
— Invisible Man
Bayard Rustin worked behind-the-scenes to make the March on Washington one of the most successful demonstrations in U.S. history
By John D'Emilio

— The Trailblazer
W.E.B. Du Bois died on the eve of the March on Washington, after spending a lifetime laying the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement
By David Levering Lewis

— Catholic roots
The church is finally embracing its Black past — including Black saints, popes and Catholic leaders — in an effort to be more inclusive in the future
By Ervin Dyer

ISSUES & VIEWS
— Unfinished Business
A civil rights foot soldier challenges his Congressional colleagues to continue the fight for equality initiated 40 years ago in the nation's capital
By John Lewis

DEPARTMENTS
- Editor's Note

- Up Front: Baton Rouge bus boycott celebrates 50th anniversary; Commemorating the life and legacy of Medgar Evers; Black sign language interpreter makes history; Tuskegee Airmen project encourages young pilots; HBCUs address homophobia; Top universities eliminate minority summer programs
Questions: Attorney John Payton, who represented the University of Michigan in the U.S. Supreme Court, on the affirmative action rulings

- The Color Line: Roderick J. Harrison examines new U.S. Census Bureau data on the state of Black America

- Crisis Forum
* Television: Writer John Ridley has his hands in books, movies and television
* Media: Fallout from the Jayson Blair scandal at the New York Times
* Music: Stax Museum chronicles the history of American soul
* Books:
— University presses are keeping Black history alive;
— Plus reviews of Morning by Morning: How We Homeschooled Our African American Sons to the Ivy League by Paula Penn-Nabrit;
— The Practice of Diaspora by Brent Hayes Edwards;
— The Best of Emerge Magazine edited by George E. Curry;and
— Open Wide the Freedom Gates by Dorothy Height

- Backstory: On the eve of the 40th anniversary of the March on Washington, Malika Sanders offers a mandate for today's youth

- The NAACP Today
* NAACP 94th annual convention in Miami;
* Judge Constance Baker Motley to receive 88th Spingarn Medal;
* Branch News: Milwaukee

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40th Anniversary of the March on Washington
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