A Message to Americans: Civil Rights Commission Chief Leads Crusade for Racial Harmony
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Randolph, Laura
Ebony Magazine
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4 page article in Ebony magazine on AF�s evolution on the topic of Civil Rights and his crusade for equality. Includes thoughts on AF�s rocky relationship with President Reagan and how Civil Rights efforts are different in the 90s than in decades past. States that he was offered a position as "special assistant" for Reagan but turned it down: "I advised him; he just didn't take my advice." AF says Reagan was "the worst president for civil rights in this century." Includes the story--attributed to "insiders"--that Bush "hit the roof" when he learend that AF had been disinvited to the Black History Month event, and reinvited him.