
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, March 17, 1991                   TAG: 9103170120
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-10   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: CHICAGO                                LENGTH: Short

PUSH CHIEF, CIVIL-RIGHTS LEADER, QUITS

The Rev. Tyrone Crider resigned Saturday as national executive president of the financially troubled Operation PUSH, the civil-rights organization co-founded by Jesse Jackson.

PUSH board members denied that Crider's resignation had anything to do with the organization's increasing financial woes.

"It was based on personal reasons," said the Rev. Willie Barrow, Push's vice chairwoman.

In February, People United to Serve Humanity laid off all 12 clerical workers at its national headquarters on the city's South Side and said it needed to raise as much as $2 million to stay solvent.

Crider could not be reached for comment, but said in his resignation letter, "after much prayer and consultation, I have come to the conclusion that I can no longer serve as national executive president of Operation PUSH.

"At this point in my life, I desire to focus more on my preaching ministry and personal development," he said.

Crider served as PUSH's national executive president for little more than a year. PUSH board members said the Rev. Henry Williamson of the Carter Temple CME church on the South Side will replace Crider. Jackson could not be reached for comment Saturday. - Associated Press

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