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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Jerry Kellman, Michael Evans and another guy whose name I can never 
remember.  They ran a Jewish/Catholic non-profit.  He was the only paid 
employee.  They were *trying* to do good things in Chicago and couldn't get 
anywhere because they were 3 white guys.  They needed a front man who would 
"relate" to the local residents.  They needed a black guy.

And, just a note, for those who might have read his book or heard his 
speeches, he did NOT discover the asbestos problem, nor did he "spear-head" 
the campaign to get it removed.  He was a Johnny-Come-Lately to the work. 
Hazel Johnson is the person who discovered the problem and started the work 
to get it removed.

Developing Communities Project is now a big organization and is no longer 
run by "3 white guys."

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <rayzentz AT aim.com>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Homestead] Enjoy the quiet while it lasts...


> Ah...   Thank you.   Do you know who the "white guys" were?
>
> Ray
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net>
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Sent: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:07 pm
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Enjoy the quiet while it lasts...
>
>
>
> He was hired by some white guys as a front man because he was black.
> They
> wanted to organize black churches.  He was "assigned" 20 churches to
> "organize."  He wasn't getting anywhere with those churches.  The
> "white
> guys" told him that folks in the church preferred someone who was a
> church
> member.  He went scouting thorugh the 20 churches and came up with
> Wright.
> Liked Wright, joined his church and found out the "white guys" were
> correct
> in that after he had a church to belong to the other churches welcomed
> him
> as "one of us" and were willing to work with him.
>
> He also stated in an the faith debate that "religion is a tool."  That
> is a
> direct quote.
>
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <rayzentz AT aim.com>
>
>
> > I hadn't heard that he went through THAT many churches.   Where did you
> > get that?   You are correct, though.   That makes it even worse.   He
> > deliberately chose what he listened to.
>
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