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Jet,  Feb 26, 2001  by Simeon Booker

Confidential: The nation's capital no longer is the mecca of Black middle class professionals. Hundreds of former government aides are jobless and preparing to leave. Less than ten Black GOPers are "in the know." The naming of Blacks to high posts slowed after the initial Cabinet picks ...

An amazing literary breakthrough concerns Sharolyn Rosier Hyson's The Legacy, the first print and photo assessment of President Bill Clinton's enviable record among Black Americans and Africa. The African Communications Agency under Dr. Erika Bennett developed the idea and today the book has taken off. With pictures by White House lens woman Sharon Farmer and others ... West Coasters are readying for the frenzied April 10th battle featuring former Ambassador Diane Watson (to Micronesia) and a host of other candidates to succeed California's late Rep. Julian Dixon. The envoy is the best known in the field because of her long record in the state's Senate and having once served as an aide for Rep. Maxine Waters ... The U. S. Post Office has furnished a haven for Black Republicans for years. LeGree Daniels of Harrisburg, PA, for years has been a member of the Postal Service Board of Governors while Dana Covington of Mississippi is a member of the Postal Rate Commission ... After his first press conference, Federal Communications Commission Chief Michael Powell was front-paged by the news media in the same manner as his father, Secretary of State Colin Powell ... Successor to Frank Raines, the first Black to head the Freddie Mac financial institution, well may be Vaughn A. Clarke of McLean, VA, now the executive vice president and chief financial officer.

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