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Black Journal To Discuss Evolution Of Black Leaders By Melvetta Wright Post Staff Writer Featured on this week’s BLACK JOURNAL as guests are Georgia State Legislator Julian Bond, newly-appointed head of the NAACP Benjamin Hooks, and commander-in chief of the North American Air Defense Command, Gene ral Daniel “Chappie” James. They, along with Tony Brown, BLACK JOURNAL'* host and executive producer will discuss the evolution ol Black leaders in America,; with the topic being “What Is A Black Leader?” A release from WNET-13 New York, producer of BLACK JOUR NAL, said that “Black Lead ers in America are more diverse, better educated and more affluent than ever. Hie number of Black leaders is expanding as the barriers of full equality crumble.” According to Brown, “The leaders of the 60’s are either off the scene, deceased or, like Julian Bond, have changed their revolutionary rhetoric and status for more responsi ble roles. Those who persisted and got trapped with a radical label have been abandoned by a Black community moving from revolutionary rhetoric to a quest for justice under the law.” This edition examines the status of Black leaders among WE ERRORED The Charlotte Post regrets that the picture of last week's Spring Sport Star Broderick ' Bennett of East Mecklenburg * High School was incorrectly labeled as Steve Williams. ANDRE PREVIN Andre Previn joins jazz pi anist Oscar Peterson at the keyboard for a lively two man show Sunday night, March 27 at 8 on Channel 58. both the White and the Black communities of America, and how the concept of Black leadership has changed over the last few years. Julian Bond believes that in spite of the fact that Black leaders have less impact on the views of the Black com munity than in the past, they still have a definite effect. “We still probably follow lea ders more so than any other ethnic group with perhaps the exception of the American Jews...And that’s good and bad. It's bad in the sense that we ought to be able to make up our own minds about what we want to do, and we ought to have some collective sense without this top heavy direc tion as to how we ought to behave.” uenerai James, who rejects the idea ot "BBS leaders,'' said “You are limiting your self any time you decide to be a Black leader...My Mom used to say there’s two Negroes we can do without...the first one and the only one. She said, ‘I’m looking forward to the day when all Blacks are doing so many noteworthy things that we'll no longer be news worthy.’ Well, 1 think we’re getting there now...I think that we need to get out of that mold of being a Black leader and opt for the whole piece of pie because it’s out there.” . The BLACK JOURNAL Poll, which is made up of two samples - EBONY Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Black Americans and another 100 Black leaders selected by BLACK JOURNAL - found that 15 percent of the Black leaders polled do not think they set the trend for the opinions of Black populations. Both samples believe that Blacks would be better in formed if they knew the opin ions of Black leaders - 97 percent of the EBONY sam ple, 95 percent of the BLACK JOURNAL sample. Both sam ples rejected the notion that a Black leader can be most effective if he-she has more influence among Whites than Blacks • 58 percent of the EBONY sample, 74 percent of the BLACK JOURNAL sam ple. One hundred percent of the EBONY sample and 95 percent of the BLACK JOUR NAL sample said that the - opinions of Black leaders are not given adequate coverage by the White press. Both groups were asked to name the most able Black leaders. The EBONY sample chose: Julian Bond, L.A. Ma yor Tom Bradley, Sen. Ed ward Brooks, Benjamin Hooks, Rev. Jesse Jackson, John Johnson (Johnson Pub lishers), Rep. Barbara Jor dan, Vernon Jordan, Roy Wil kins, and Andrew Young. BLACK JOURNAL’S sample responded as follows: Mu hammad Ali, Julian Bond, Sen. Edward Brooke, Benja min Hooks, Rev. Jesse Jack son, Rep. Barbara Jordan, Vernon Jordan, Wallace Mu hammed, and Andrew Young. This issue of BLACK JOUR NAL can be seen in Charlotte on WTVI-Channel 42 on Fri day, March 28^ at 7 p.m. ‘ MANY MEN RETURNED HOME FROM THE CTVO. WAR TO RND ONLY THE BATTLEGROUND DEFERENT. THE CAUSE THE SAME... “LULL M ORDER TO HAVE PEACE" THB IS THE STORY OF , ONE OF THESE MB*. i PLUS 2nd FEATURE DETROIT “9000” 2 BIT. 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