7/5- Racial politics still with us- Bill Shipp; Article discusses political candidates and platforms regarding racial issues.

7/7- Three men indicted in dragging death- no author; John William King, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and Shawn Allen Berry were indicted in the dragging death of a black man that was chained to a pickup truck in Jasper, Texas.

7/13- Even Clinton can’t bridge a racial gap- Marsha Mercer; Article discusses President Clinton's responses to race related issues.

7/14- NAACP president Mfume calls Supreme Court members ‘hypocrites’- Associated Press; NAACP president discusses the lack of diversity of law clerks that work for Supreme Court Justices and criticizes the decisions on affirmative action. Mfume singled out Antonin Scalia fo consistently voting against affirmative action and not hiring any black people during his time on the bench.

7/15- Are we will really ready to live with the truth? - Charles Moore; Author discusses a letter to the editor they wrote to a newspaper that was rejected because it could have been inflammatory and cause hard feelings between the community's residents. Author also criticizes Project Change as "nothing more than an erercise in 'feel-good futility'."

7/15- Powell urges NAACP to empower black youth- no author; Retired Gen. Colin Poweel told NAACP members that it makes no sense to preserve affirmative action programs if black youth aren't ready academically or socially to take advantage of them

7/16- Assessing the Value of Desegregation (Two Copies)- Bill Maxwell;

7/17- Black Civil War soldiers remembered at Arlington- no author; Black union soldiers were rembered by descendants as heroes who marched for freedom and equality.

7/17- NAACP convention closes, saluting return of civil rights- Associated Press; NAACP convention returns after years of uncertainty about the future of the organization as a result of scandal and bankruptcy. The convention in Atlanta, Georgia was attended by Vice President Al Gore and Coretta Scott King.