Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 9, 1990 TAG: 9005090601
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Other national and state business, political, educational, religious and civic leaders also are scheduled to speak or take part in panel and forum discussions. They include Virginia State Senator Yvonne B. Miller, who is chairing the summit, and Dr. Margaret Beale Spencer of Emory University in Atlanta.
The theme of convention is "The Summit: A Plan for Action." Its aim is to develop a statewide agenda for the 1990s and beyond that will address inadequacies in the African American community, according to the summit's director, W. Paul Matthews Jr. He added that the summit recognizes the 36th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision "Brown vs. Board of Education," which outlawed "separate but equal" public-educational facilities.
Conference attendees will be able to select up to two of five concurrent forums or panels. They are: "The African American Family," "Drugs and the Justice System," "Economic Development and Employment," "Education" and "Political Empowerment and Legislative Agenda."
The summit is sponsored by the Richmond Branch of the NAACP, the Legislative Black Caucus, the Baptist General Convention of Virginia and Virginia Union University.
On-site registration is $35. For more information, call (804) 644-9337 or (804) 262-5012.
by CNB