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Time magazine recognizes Blacks as the new era of leadership.
1974 (Jul 7)
In a special supplement to Time magazine, fifteen Blacks were among two hundred people named who seem destined to provide the country with a new generation of leadership. Time said the principal criterion for inclusion on its list was that the persons selected have the capability to achieve significant civic or social impact. Eligibility was restricted to individuals forty-five years old and younger. The Blacks named included: State Senator Julian Bond of Georgia; Congresswoman Yvonne Braithwaite Burke of California; Congressman Ronald V. Dellums of California; Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund; Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson of Newark, New Jersey; Earl G. Graves, founder of Black Enterprise magazine; Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Indiana; Mayor Maynard Jackson of Atlanta, Georgia; Congresswoman Barbara C. Jordan of Texas; Vernon E. Jordan of the Urban League; John Lewis of the Voter Education Project; Eleanor Holmes Norton, Chairman of the New York City Commission on Human Rights; Congressman Charles Rangel of New York; Bill Russell, coach of the Seattle Supersonics; and Congressman Andrew Young of Georgia.
References:
- • Hornsby, Alton. Chronology of African-American History: Significant Events and People from 1619 to the Present. Detroit: Gale Research, 1995.