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T he P ortland O bserver • A ugust 17, 1994
New Urban League President Urges Black
Middle Class to Help Black Poor
Calls ‘Global Realignment o f Work and Wealth Bigger Culprit’ Than Racism
Special Awards for Corporate Support to
Black Causes Go to Officials From Philip
Morris, Merrill Lynch, Disney World and
Ford Motor Co.
INDIANAPOLIS — Hugh B. Price, newly
installed President and CEO of the National
Urban League, proposed recently a new era of
social activism led by the Black middle class
and aimed at alleviating the problems of the
African American poor.
He said: “As marvelously as the market
economy works for most Americans, it has all
but collapsed for inner city folk.”
In his keynote address to the League’s 84th
Annual Conference, Price acknowledged that
racism had played a major role in creating a
large Black underclass, but he added: "The
global realignment of work and wealth is, if
anything, the bigger culprit. We who serve
must be clear-eyed about these color-blind
economic trends if we’re to be genuinely help­
ful to our folk."
Price, who three months ago had been a
Vice President at the Rockefeller Foundation,
said the civil rights movement had been “a
huge success in many respects. It unquestion­
ably placed those of us with solid educations,
ample family support, personal drive and a
healthy dose of luck on the up escalator eco­
nomically,” he said.
Price suggested major fund-raising programs,
sparked by the 113 Urban League affiliates in
cities around the nation, that would create a
national Youth Development Fund. This fund, he
said, would seek matching grants for youth ser­
vice programs from business, government and
foundations.
Price called his program a "renewed empha­
sis on our sisters and brothers and children in
greatest need.”
He said: The way I see it, this would not be
a politically contentious, race-based approach.
Instead, it’s a more palatable alternative which
recognizes that poor people of all races need
decent jobs.”
The League's new president told the dele­
gates, “We must concentrate with laser-like
focus on those critical areas where we can
leverage our unique strengths for greatest
impact.”
Price identified three critical areas as: "the
education and development of children, help­
ing “poor families to become economically
self-sufficient,” and “encouraging racial inclu­
sion so that African Americans can participate
fully in the mainstream economy.”
During his keynote address, Price also
touched on the the controversy around the
NAACP-sponsored Black summit that includ­
ed a wide variety of Blacks, including some
associated with serious criticism of Jews.
NEWLY APPOINTED NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE PRESIDENT Hugh B. Price (left)
addresses recent 84th Annual Conference. At right is George L. Knox, III, Vice
President, Corporate Public Affairs, Philip Morris Companies Inc., accepting the
League’s Donald H. McGannon Award.
In other conference events, the organiza­
He told the conference delegates: “Our
allies should understand that serious-minded tio n ’s prestigious D onald H. McGannon
African Americans must be free to discuss the Awards were presented to Dr. Westina L.
acute pain afflicting our community. Even if M atthew s, Vice President, Philanthropic
that means conferring with those with whom Programs, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., and to
George L. Knox, III, Vice President, Corporate
we vehemently disagree on other issues."
Public Affairs, Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Price said: “Many whites of goodwill have
Accepting his award, Knox said: “As the
accompanied us on our long journey for racial,
league enters an exciting new era under Hugh
social and econom ic justice. None have
matched the Jewish community as long-dis­ Price’s leadership, I want to assure you that
our historic partnership will continue. It's
tance runners in the civil rights movement.
“Just as we denounce misleading media stood the test of time and it is needed as never
stereotypes of African Americans, it is morally before in this time of testing.”
Earlier in the conference, during the Herbert
repugnant as well to impugn an entire people,
especially long standing allies, like Jews, H. W right Awards Breakfast, Price called
because of the unconscionable behavior of Philip Morris "an exemplary corporate citi­
zen...a soul mate of the Urban League move­
some of them,” Price said.
The Indianapolis conference drew thou­ ment for a long time.”
Sponsored by Philip Morris for the fourth
sands of participants, among them many
distinguished speakers, including: the First straight year, the Herbert H. Wright Awards to
Lady, Hillary Clinton, who addressed the corporate employees who help make their
League Conference from W ashington by companies good corporate citizens went this
year to H elen B. Love, Urban Program s
interactiv e telev isio n ; R obert B. Reich,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; Reed M anager, Corporate A ffairs O ffice, Ford
E. Hundt, Chairman, Federal Communica­ M otor Company and to Bob B illingslea,
Corporate Director, Urban Affairs, Disney
tio n s C o m m issio n ; A lexis M. H erm an,
Worldwide Services, Inc.
A ssista n t to the P re sid e n t of the U .S.;
The late Herbert H. Wright, a former com­
Deval L. Patrick, A ssistant U.S. Attorney
General for Civil Rights and Lani Guinier, munity relations executive, had helped to make
Philip Morris a leading corporate supporter of
the lawyer and friend to the Clintons who
African American organizations and causes.
was the President’s first nominee for the
Warren Jackson, President of Circulation
civil rights position.
Other speakers included authors George Experti, an advertising agency, and a former
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Services, Inc. and Helen B. Love (right), Manager, Community
Affairs, Ford Motor Company. Warren G. J a ck so n (left),
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