LETTER TO MR. ROY WILKINS FROM STANSFIELD TURNER

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• Publication Date: May 1, 1977
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The Director of Central Inteiligcncc
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Dear Mr. Wilkins,
Thank you for your kind invitation to attend
the 68th Annual Convention of the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of Colored People. I
regret, however, that due to an unusually heavy
schedule of commitments during that period I will
be unable to participate in your convention this
year.
I extend to you all good wishes for the
success of your convention.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Roy Wilkins
Executive Director
National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People
1790 Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10019
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
SEVENTEEN NINETY BROADWAY NEW YORK, N. Y. 10019 ? 212-245-2100
April 29, 1977
Honorable Stanfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligency Agency
Washington, District of Columbia 20505
Dear Mr. Turne.r :
This year the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People will hold its 68th Annual Convention in
St. Louis, Missouri during the week of June 27 - July 1,
inclusive. More than 3,000 delegates are expected,
representing the majority of the Association's 1,700
branches and youth units. The convention is the policy-
making body of the NAACP and the resolutions it adopts
serve as guides to national and local action throughout
the ensuing twelve months.
We have scheduled a series of workshops for which there
will be featured panelists who will discuss subjects of
major interest to our delegates.
We wish to invite you to attend and participate in our
convention. For your information, enclosed is a copy of
this year's Convention Highlights.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
J
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Roy Wilkins
Executive Director
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPI
SEVENTEEN NINETY BROADWAY NEW YORK, N. Y. 10019 ? 212-245-21
April 29, 1977
Honorable Stanfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligency Agency
Washington, District of Columbia 20505
Dear Mr. Turner:
This year the National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People will hold its 68th Annual Convention in
St. Louis, Missouri during the week of June 27 - July 1,
inclusive. More than 3,000 delegates are expected,
representing the majority of the Association's 1,700
branches and youth units. The convention is the policy-
making body of the NAACP and the resolutions it adopts
serve as guides to national and local action throughout
the ensuing twelve months.
We have scheduled a series of workshops for which there
will be featured panelists who will discuss subjects of
major interest to our delegates.
We wish to invite you to attend and participate in our
convention. For your information, enclosed is a copy of
this year's Convention Highlights.
With best wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
Roy Wilkins
Executive Director
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Margaret Bush Wilson
Chairman, Board of Directors
Jesse H. Turner
Treasurer
NATIONAL OFFICERS
Dr. W. Montague Cobb
President
Alfred Baker Lewis
Treasurer Emeritus
Roy Wilkins
Secretary/Executive Director
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr.
Vice-Chairman, Board of Directors
Dr. Harry J. Greene
Assistant Treasurer
Max Belson, Esq.
Dr. Lucien H. Holman
VICE PRESIDENTS
William H. Oliver
Mrs. Irene H. Smith
Bishop William M. Smith
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr.
Silas E. Craft
Mrs. Sarah Greene
William Pickens Ill
Mrs. Irene H. Smith
E. Gail Anderson
Max Belson, Esq.
Westley W. Law
Dr. Eugene T. Reed
Samuel W. Tucker, Esq.
Dr. W. Montague Cobb, Ex Officio
Emmitt J. Douglas
William H. Oliver
Rev. Charles H. Smith
Jesse H. Turner
Nathaniel S. Colley, Sr., Esq.
Margaret Bush Wilson
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kelly M. Alexander, Sr.
Dr. Sylvester S. Davis, Jr.
Dr. Lucien H. Holman
William H. Oliver
Judge Henry R. Smith, Jr.
Kelly M. Alexander, Jr.
S. L. Deckard, Sr.
Betty Gene Holton
Matthew J. Perry Esq.
Mrs. Irene It. Smith
E. Gail Anderson
Max Delson, Esq.
W. Gene Howell
William Pickens III
Bishop William M. Smith
Ben F. Andrews
Emmitt J. Douglas
Dr. H. Claude Hudson
William E. Pollan)
Mrs. Amy Spingarn
Rev. James G. Blake
Wendell Erwin
Charles V. Johnson, Esq.
Dr. Maurice F. Rabb
James E. Stewart, Sr.
Lucile H. Bluford
Dr. Harry J. Greene
James Kemp
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Esq.
Mrs. Jeanette Strong
Dr. Broadus N. Butler
Mrs. Sarah M. Greene
Larry D. King
Dr. Eugene T. Reed
Samuel W. Tucker, Esq.
Charles Cherry
John. H. Gwynn, Jr.
Westley W. Law
Thomas Reed
Jesse H. Turner
Dr. W. Montague Cobb
Rev. Edward A. Hailer
John J. Mance
Evelyn H. Roberts
Thomas Turner
Nathaniel S. Colley, Esq.
Henry Harrison
Rev. Emerson Marcee
Or, C. R. Roquemore
Margaret Bush Wilson
Silas E. Craft
Ira Haupt, II
Dr. James J. McClendon
Andrea Simmons
Leonard Woodcock
C. R. Darden
Dr. Aaron E. Henry
Rev. Matthew D. McCollom
Aminisha Smith
Lorraine Woods
Calvin Davis
Charles Holman
Msgr. Archibald V. McLees
Rev. Charles H. Smith
NATIONAL HEALTH COMMITTEE
Dr. W. Montague Cobb, Chairman
Dr. William E. Allen
Dr. Henry C. Falk
Dr. J. Leonidas Leach
Dr. W. E. Miller
Dr. Lionel Swan
Dr. Viola W. Bernard
Dr. Harry J. Greene
Dr. James E. Levy
Or. Matthew Mitchell
Dr. Leroy A. Swift
Dr. Russell C. Cecil
Dr. Aaron Henry
Dr. Myra Logan
Or, C. B. Powell
Or. Emerson Walden
Dr. Nathan K. Christopher
Dr. L. H. Holman
Or. A. M. Macke)
Or. Maurice F. Rabb
Dr. C. Austin Whittier
Dr. Cyril L. Crocker
Or, Claude H. Hudson
Dr James J. McClendon
Dr. Joseph B. Robinson
Dr. Robert S. Wilkinson
Dr. Millard Dean
Dr. Allen F. Jackson
Dr. T. Carr McFall
Dr. Samuel Rogers
Dr. Jane Wright
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton, Sr.
Dr. Herman Jones
Or. 1.. W. Mercer
Or, Theodore M. Sanders
Dr. Edward L. Young
NATIONAL LEGAL COMMITTEE
Hon. Charles V. Johnson
Max Delson, Esq.
Dr. Due)) G. Gallagher
Matthew J. Perry, Esq.
Samuel W. Tucker, Esq.
Hon. William H. Booth
Earl B. Dickerson, Esq.
Hon. Henry R. Smith
Jesse It. Turner
Nathaniel S. Colley, Esq.
Margaret Bush Wilson
NATIONAL LIFE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Or. Benjamin F. Grant, National Chairman
Sammy Davis, Jr., Honorary C'hairnian Mrs. Emily Kaplan, Hoteorurr Chairman
Vice Chairmen
Senator Edward W. Brooke Malvin R. Goode, Sr.
Lester H. Grubman
Entertainment & Communication Program: Bill Cosby, National Chairman; Charles Sanders, Co-Chairman; John Hargis, Co-Chairman
Mrs. Marie T. Campbell, Secretary
Dr. Lehman 0. Adams, Jr.
Bill Cosby
Bishop Clinton J. Hoggard
Marion Officer
Mrs. Irene Smith
Kelly M. Alexander
Mrs. Annie M. Daniels
Miss Betty Holton
Lloyd Patterson
Mrs. Jeanette Smith
Ella Anderson
Ossie Davis
Gene W. Howell
Dr. F. J. Pepper
Mrs. Beatrice Steele
J. Carl Bland
Alphonso Deal
Dr. H. Claude Hudson
Mrs. Mary E. Perry
Mrs. Catherine Stewart
William T. Broadnax
Bishop Louis Henry Ford
Mrs. Brunella Jackson
Nat Perkins
Hon. Percy Sutton
Senator Edward W. Brooke
Mrs. Claire D. Foster
Mrs. Margaret Jackson
William Pollard
Rev. Gardner Taylor
H. Franklin Brown, Atty.
Norma Jean Ganaway
Or. J. W. Jamerseo
Dr. Alvin F. Poussaint
Dr. V. F. Thompson
Jesse Brown
W. F. Gibson
Dr. T. J. Jemison
Or. Maurice F. Rabb
Mrs. Dorothy Thorne
Dr. D'Orsay Bryant
Marvin Gilmore
James Kemp
A. Philip Randolph
Edith Throckmorton
John Burns
Rabbi Joseph Glaser
Mrs. Dorthula Knox
Dr. George Rawls
Hon. C. Delores Tucker
Danny Burnett
Mal Goode
Clarence Laws
Richard W. Richardson
Mrs. Barbara Turner
Dr. Calvin Calhoun
Lester H. Grubman
Hon. C. E. Lightner
Rev. Theodore Richardson
or. William H. Watts
Mrs. Marie T. Campbell
John Hargis
Jack Maddox
Bishop Hubert N. Robinson
Robert White p,.
Or. Clinton Canady
Mrs. Florence Harrell
Rev. Emerson Marcee
Mrs. Virginia Robinson
Tom White
Dan Carpenter
Leon Harris
Dr. James McClendon
Dr. Thomas Rusan
Marshall Williams
Charles W. Cherry
John Harvey
Dr. Charles McIntosh
Mrs. Alexander Russell
Or. Fredda Wither
Nathaniel Colley
Robert Henderson, Atty.
Monsignor A. McLees
Charles L. Sanders
David Wynne
Dr. Noble Cooper
James Hicks
Calvin J. Nelson
Mrs. Wilhelmina Santitul
Mrs. James Yanlillilh
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Exucusive rc tt I Joy Wilkins, E_'xecurive Director: Gloster B. Oareal. Administrator: Nathaniel R. Jones, General u,rl; Clarence M 1, Director
Washingto i Ie jt!{ f I onn, Director, Region IV, Bobbie Branche, Of ice AJnnager; James Brown, Jr., Director Dee greene: Virna M. Con, Director,
Region 1; Richard '"`jj.. Duey, I) coo 'ot., Louis Gateway and Exhibition Center
Keynote Address: Mrs. Margaret Bush Wilson
i .irman
\"'I_`XP Board of Directors
CONVENTION RECEPTION
(All Delegates including Youth)
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TUESDAY, JUNE 28
8:00 - 9:00 A.M. REGIONAL MEETINGS - St. Louis Gateway and
Exhibition Center
9:00 - 10:30 A. M. PLENARY SESSION: Africa
10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - Convention Center
Communications: The NAACP and the News Media -
Print and Broadcast
Education: The School Counselor: Help or Hindrance?
Housing: Segregation's Last Stand ! !
Membership, Life Membership and Fund Raising
Political Action: Using The Power of the Ballot
Urban Programs: "Prison Reform, Inside-Outside"
Youth Sessions
10:00 A. M. - 6:00 P.M. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SHOW - Exhibit Hall
St. Louis Gateway Convention & Exhibition Center
11:00 A. M. - all day RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
12:30 P.M. LABOR LUNCHEON
2:30 - 5:00 P.M. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - Convention Center
Economic Development "That's Where it is Today"
Employment: "The NAACP and the Struggle for Job Equality"
Redlining, Housing and Community Development -
We've Had Enough ! I
Legal
Political Action: Participation in the Electoral Process,
Judicial System and Government.
Here's How To Assist the Minority Veteran in the Urban
Centers
Community Mini-Leadership Development Institute
4:30 - 6:30 P.M. Issues and Answers: "Education and Legal Problems In
School Desegregation"
5:00 - 6:00 P.M. BRANCH PROBLEM CLINIC - Convention Center
NEGRO HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL - Convention Center
COMMITTEE MEETINGS - Convention Center
8:00 P.M. MASS MEETING - Convention Center
Tribute to BRoy Wilkins Sponsored by
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FRIDAY, JULY 'I
REGIONAL MEETINGS - Convention Center
j:30 A.M. until CONVENTION PLENARY SESSION - Convention Center
i;."ished (Legislative Session: Continued)
ALL DELEGATES INCLUDING YOUTH
OFFICIAL CONVENTION PHOTOGRAPH
ARMED SERV]CCES & VETERANS AFFAIRS LUNCHEON
YOUTH ADVISORS" LUNCHEON
FREEDOM FUND AWARDS BANQTJFT
Speaker: Hon. Benjamin L. Hooks
NAACP Exceutive Director-Designate
9L30 P.M. MR. AND MISS NAACP CORONATION BALI,
For Hotel and other Convention information write -
NAACP National Office
Attention Mildred Bond Roxborouqh
1790 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29
8:00 - 10:00 A.M. REGIONAL MEETINGS - Convention Center
10:00 A. M. - 6:00 P.M. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SHOW - Exhibit Hall
Convention Center
10:00 A.M. YOUTH SESSIONS - Convention Center
RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE - Convention Center
10:30 A. M. - 12:30 P.M. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - Convention Center
Communications: "Radio and Television - Are You in Tune?"
Employment: "The NAACP and the Struggle for Job Equality"
Revenue Sharing - A New Ballgame for Racial Equality!
Legal:
The Urban Crisis: A Minority Perspective
"Leadership: Development Not Dominance"
12:30 P.M. LIFE MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON
2:30 - 5:00 P.M. CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS - Convention Center
Affirmative Action in the Military - Fact or Fiction?
Communications: The NAACP and the News Media - Print
and Broadcast
Education: "Quality Education and School Desegregation"
Employment: "NAACP and the Struggle for Job Equality"
Membership, Life Membership and Fund Raising
Political Action: Using the Power of the Ballot to Achieve
Economic, Social and Welfare Reforms
YOUTH SESSIONS - Convention Center
5:00 - 6:30 P.M. BRANCH PROBLEM CLINIC - Convention Center
NEGRO HISTORY FILM FESTIVAL
6:00 P.M. DINNER MEETING - Special Contribution Fund Trustees
8:00 - 10:00 P.M. MASS MEETING, Youth Night
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THURSDAY, JUNE 30
&,00 A. M. REGIONAL MEETINGS - Convention Center
NATIONAL LIFE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE BREAKFAST
6:30 A. M. LAWYERS' BREAKFAST
9:00 A 4 M. - 12:30 P. M. CONVENTION PLENARY SESSION -- Convention Center
AL. I. DELEGATES INCLUDING YOUTH
(a) SPECIAL REP()RT: MISSISSIPPI
(b) FIRST LEGISLATIVE SESSION
10:00 A. M. - 1:00 P.M. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SHOW - Exhibit Hall
Convention Center
10:00 A.M. -all day RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
1.2:30 P. M. YOUTH LEADERSHIP LUNCHEON
NATIONAL MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE LUNCHEON
2:00 - 2:30 P. M. Film - "Testimony: Justice vs. J. P. Stevens"
CONVENTION PLENARY SESSION
(First Legislative Session Continued)
ALL DELEGATES INCLUDING YOUTH
4:00 P.M. NAACP BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
7:00 P.M. YOUTH FREEDOM AWARDS DINNER AND DANCE
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