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The N.A.A.C.P. could use a boost. Under Chavis' predecessor, Benjamin Hooks, the group's influence sagged and membership dragged. The leadership spent almost as much energy beating down internal feuds as battling the Reagan and Bush administrations' attempts to turn back the clock on civil rights. Even the yearlong search...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: He's No Gentle Ben | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

Here comes Free Willy, this month's feel-good sleeper. Preview audiences have gone wild for Willy, the story of two 12-year-olds separated from their folks. Jesse (Jason James Richter) is a troubled boy who, while cleaning up the graffiti scrawled on the walls of a seaquarium theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Of Whales | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

Free Willy has other attractions. Richter is an appealing, unaffected young performer; and Willy, with his black-and-white shading and fine Deco design, is a handsome brute. He's smart enough to understand complex English sentences, nodding an appropriate yes or no to Jesse's questions. And like any...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prince Of Whales | 7/19/1993 | See Source »

The N.A.A.C.P. vs. Jesse Jackson

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: Jul. 12, 1993 | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

New York -- According to a highly placed source in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Jesse Jackson has been blocked from speaking at the group's annual convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, this month. Earlier this year, Jackson campaigned hard to become the head of the N.A.A.C.P. and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Informed Sources: Jul. 12, 1993 | 7/12/1993 | See Source »

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