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Press Release
October 16, 2003
NMH Students Get Two Approaches to Civil Rights
NORTHFIELD, Mass.–Hispanic American civil rights activist Linda Chavez and
former executive director of the NAACP Benjamin Hooks will present their
differing views on “Alternative Paths to Social Equity and Justice” on
Monday, October 20, 2003, in the Auditorium at Northfield Mount Hermon
School.
Chavez, born in 1947 in Albuquerque, N.M, gained political attention for
her conservative view that government policies such as affirmative action
do a disservice to Hispanics and other minorities by perpetuating racial
stereotypes. Her ideas about civil rights and education reform were
embraced by the Republican administration of president Ronald Reagan in
the 1980s. Chavez is a political commentator with writings such as her
1991 book, Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic
Assimilation and currently serves as president of the Center for Equal
Opportunity in Washington, D.C.
Hooks, born in 1925 in Memphis, Tenn., was the executive director of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from 1977 to
1993, and served from 1972 to 1977 as the first African American
commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. Since retirement,
Hooks has been pastor of Middle Baptist Church in Memphis, president of
the National Civil Rights Museum, and professor at Fisk University.
Contact: Barbara Hall, 413-498-3205, bhall@nmhschool.org
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