Article: Surprise Black Task Force endorsements raise tempers


Bay State Banner
09-10-1998
Surprise Black Task Force endorsements raise tempers

When the Black Political Task Force began holding press conferences and announcing candidate endorsements in statewide elections last month, some eyebrows in the black community were raised. And some were furrowed.

The sudden invigoration of an organization that had seemingly laid dormant for years - the Task Force sat out last fall's elections altogether - surprised and angered some of the group's founding members, who say they were not invited to participate in the group's endorsing procedures.

"I'm really concerned about the whole process of how things are happening right now," said Robert Marshall, a ...

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