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Ultimate Goal Sighted by Some
The sixth in an Associated Press series on the racial crisis tracks progress and remaining barriers seen by leaders like Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young Jr. It notes gains in politics and education, cites figures such as Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Robert Weaver, and Ralph Bunche, and argues equal opportunity remains the ultimate Negro goal while acknowledging persisting housing and employment gaps and continued prejudice in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Tom Henshaw
Roy Wilkins
St. Louis
Booker T. Washington
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Urban League
Cincinnati
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Cardinals
Hank Aaron
Willie Mays
Jackie Robinson
Congress
Whitney M. Young Jr
The
Urban League
Ralph Bunche
Robert Weaver
Moon
Wilkins
Baseball Hall of Fame
Robinson