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[1979 NAACP convention coverage]

"The entry tape is compiled of segments from our final highlights program covering the first four days of the convention. The tape also includes some of the major policy statements made by the association on such issues as the Bakke case and Brian Weber verses [sic] Kaiser Aluminum."--1979 Peabody Awards entry form excerpt. The program consists of excerpts from speeches of several of the speakers to the 70th annual NAACP Convention held in Lexington, Ky. from June 24-June 30, 1979. NAACP president Dr. Montague Cobb gives the opening speech. Drew Days discusses the work of the NAACP in the civil rights movement. Margaret Bush Wilson discusses covert racism in the U.S., especially in employment. Mary S. Berry speaks on the growing number of blacks in higher education and the work to desegregate higher education. Walter Mondale discusses the work of the Carter administration to achieve equality in the U.S., especially in employment. Terry Carter discusses the lack of blacks on television and in the television industry. Dr. Benjamin Hooks discusses the importance of the Supreme Court decision in the Weber vs. Kaiser Aluminum case. Dick Gregory discusses race and unemployment. Ernest N. Morial discusses the importance of the work of the NAACP. Reporter Charles Thompson reports on a proposed constitutional amendment to end busing in the U.S.

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