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Article: Urban League Defends Actions Series: CIVIL RIGHTS: A MOVEMENT ADRIFT
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 16, 1995
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Chicago Urban League President James Compton knows what some
people think of his organization.
It moves at a glacial pace in the civil rights struggle. It's
no longer relevant. And instead of holding government and local
major corporations' feet to the fire on minority hiring and
promotions, it depends on them for revenue.
"I would not deny we've tried to have a positive and favorable
relationship with all segments of the Chicago community, including
(big business and government)," said Compton, a nephew of the late
National Urban League Executive Director Whitney M. Young Jr.
The criticisms are old, but they have been given new legs as