After decades of leading the charge against racism and injusticein America, the Rev. Benjamin Hooks, outgoing NAACP director, makesno apologies for financing the battle with heavy contributions fromwhites and white-run corporations.
"White people caused this problem, and why should they not payto get rid of it?" Hooks said in a recent telephone interview.About 50,000 NAACP members across the nation are white, he said.
Half of the support to launch challenges against actions thatbar African Americans from achieving equality in this country comesfrom black people, Hooks said.
"If we get support from General Motors, it is from black people- they drive …
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