Lynne Shifflett conducts interviews with officials and prominent African-Americans about the NAACP's past, present, and what the future holds in terms of challenges and opportunities. The interviews were conducted as B. Hooks retired following 15 years as the executive director, and B. Chavez comes on board. Interviewees include: Dr. B. Chavez, Joseph Duff, Shannon Regues, Dr. Alan Pusaint, Dr. Henry Clark, Julie J. McCabe, and Melanie Lomax. Convers issues such as the changing role of government under the Clinton Administration, continued discrimination in American society, the role of judicial process in attaining equality, changing economic status of African Americans, and the development of the NAACP.|THE NAACP AND THE STATE OF BLACK AMERICA / interviews and produced by Lynne Shifflett. - Lynne Shifflett conducts interviews with officials and prominent African-Americans about the NAACP's past, present, and what the future holds in terms of challenges and opportunities. The interviews were conducted as B. Hooks retired following 15 years as the executive director, and B. Chavez comes on board. Interviewees include: Dr. Bl Chavez, Joseph Duff, Shannon Regues, Dr. Alan Pusaint, Dr. Henry Clark, Julie J. McCabe, and Melanie Lomax. Convers issues such as the changing role of government under the Clinton Administration, continued discrimination in American society, the role of judicial process in attaining equality, changing economic status of African Americans, and the development of the NAACP. - BROADCAST: KPFK, 9 Apr. 1993.
