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Article: Rainbow/PUSH and NASCAR.(Letter to the Editor)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- July 1, 2004
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I WAS APPALLED BY YOUR ARTICLE "THE NEW FACE OF NASCAR" [April 2004]. It totally ignored the contributions of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and Rainbow Sports to the ongoing diversity initiatives in NASCAR [aiming] to improve minority participation in motor sports. As director of Rainbow Sports, I provided the authors of the article with an extensive list of highlights of our accomplishments in motor sports, which were not included in the article. I would like to clear the record once and for all.
Rainbow Sports has been working directly with NASCAR to seek sponsorships for minority teams and drivers since 1999. We arranged for five black-owned teams to make ...