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Besides being the most ambitious self-help effort ever undertaken by moneyed Negroes, the fund drive represents a subtle repudiation of such radical activists as Stokely Carmichael and Floyd McKissick, who insist on black-only leadership for the rights movement. Like the N.A.A.C.P. proper, the independent N.A.A.C.P. legal-defense and educational fund has always had an integrated directorship...
Still prevented from visiting New York by contempt-of-court citations that could jail him, Powell said that he would not have to campaign anyway. Nevertheless, reinforced by the presence of CORE'S Floyd McKissick, he got in a few licks for the benefit of reporters and TV cameras. "Long before Mr. Meredith was having his diapers changed," he mocked, "I was walking the streets of Harlem on picket lines." Noting that Meredith describes himself as an "independent Democrat," Powell observed that "anybody who is a Democrat running on the Republican ticket has got to be a little tetched...
Slap in the Face. Few Negroes took Powell's disgrace as calmly as Adam did. CORE's Floyd McKissick called the House vote a "slap in the face to every black man in this country." Ralph Bunche, Whitney Young, A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin joined in the chorus. At least one Negro who criticized the House for excluding a Negro also condemned Powell for his conduct...
...McKissick is a bitter man. Gregory seeks publicity. With men like Brooke, Young and Wilkins, Negroes have the leadership they deserve...
...Massachusetts. Says Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin: "If you compare Brooke and Adam Powell on civil rights, you cannot immediately give the edge to Powell. Adam blocked granting of funds to the Urban League. He was absent for the vote on many bills, including civil rights bills." Floyd McKissick, CORE's national director and an advocate of black power, says that "the black community has its fingers crossed on Brooke." But McKissick also concedes: "If one is a politician in a white state, one relies on white votes. Right? Ed Brooke is one helluva politician. He has the appearance...