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Show pec ial Rep ort Civil Rights Section F The Salt Lake Tribune THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1995 Nation’s Black Leaders: New Names, New Aims By Ellyn Ferguson GANNETT NEWS SERVICE | A yearago, a discussion of who speaks for African-Americans would have started with the Rev. foe Jackson or maybe Colin owell. Today, the discussion inust start with Nation of Islam Yeader Louis Farrakhan. + It was Farrakhan who gathered hundreds of thousands of black men on the Capitol Mali in midOctober. It was Farrakhan who tapped into some African-Americans’frustration as they feel their hopes for economic and political equality fade. But the mere mention of Fartakhanraises questions, not only about the man but also about the state of black America and black deadavaht rsh: Did Farrakhan fill a leadership void when he stepped onto the stage at the the trail of black-white relations Tracin Here are key events in black-white relations starting with 1963,the year the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his*| Have a Dream”speech: Million Man ® Gov. George Wallace vows to @ President Wack from U. of Alabama Johnson signs Civil Rights Act. 250,000 Washi hear"! in march, Have a Dream" speech. March? 1960s-era leaders had their day? ls the nationalpolitical stage soon to be crowded with more and more black leaders as the interji ests of black Auerican, become moreaand more diverse’ Critics say Farrakhan represents a break with the tone and tenor of black leadership forged in the past 30 years. Theysay he is mi King assassinated; Ray abolishes poiltax. arrested. rao ls he a flash-in-the-pan ex- tremist who temporarily is overshadowing moreestablished leaders? Have those established, 24th Amendmentto Constitution oe. a) @ Malcolm X assassinated in New York. 6 King,roe pve in Montgomery. from Selma to a in Watts Race riots ict of Los les leave 35 dead. @ President Johnson unveils “Great @ President @ Gen, Colin 37 killed in riots after Los @ Two officers black American as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Angeles police charged with beatin, convicted, two acquitted, of violating RodneyKing's civil Powell, first acquitted TV of murder- dramatization conspiracy of Alex Haley's charges. ae A Angela Davis Statt “Roots.” Rodney King. _rights. = Bete eat aeet Le ee Johnson appoints Th Marshall e+ Supreme Court. in Riots i Cieveland, Newark, Detroit. B James BAlex Earl Ray sentencedto 99 years for assassinatin 9 King @ The Rev. Jesse Jackson announces candidacy for president. Haley's “Roots” published @ Clarence Thomas replaces Marshall on SupremeCourt. B King's birthday to become national OJ. 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