Key achievers often shunned as role models

Friday, July 30, 2004

I have been disappointed with the lack of recognition that many black leaders attribute to the views and achievements of Secretary of State Colin Powell, national security advisor Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, economists Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams plus former U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts.

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