National headliners

Jet, August 18, 2003

Former Bill Clinton aide Jamal Simmons was named press secretary and chief spokesman for Sen. Bob Graham's presidential drive ... Results of the first study on homeland security in minority communities will be announced at the New Orleans August convention of the Black Congress on Health, Law, and Economics ...

The first Black President of an AFL-CIO union, William Burrus of the 380,000-member American Postal Workers union, charged that the Presidential Commission on Postal Service has declared war on universal mail service and collective bargaining ... After watching 7,000 come to NYC's City Hall to pay homage to slain Councilman James Davis, the family supported his brother, Geoffrey, to run for his vacated seat. He may be the only candidate running for the post, assuring his election.