The Nation - News from July 22, 1985
The president of the National Urban League, contending that relations between blacks and the Reagan Administration have reached a new low, called for a “new working relationship” with the White House. Black Americans are suffering under Administration moves to cut social programs and efforts to scrap affirmative action hiring and promotion goals, John E. Jacob told a press conference before the start of the league’s annual conference in Washington.
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