A Note to the New President of the NAACP

Clearly there are many other areas where we need the active leadership of the NAACP, but let me end by saying that being of a post-Baby Boomer generation gives you an advantage and a challenge over your predecessors. On the one hand, you are less likely to fall into nostalgia for the old ways of acting and practicing. On the other hand, you do not have that link with the earlier generation of struggle that got us as far as we have gotten (with all of its strengths and weaknesses). For that reason, I can say that there are many of us who are ready and willing to offer our assistance as you step forward. We do not wish to see you fail. No, we of the Baby Boomer generation are not ready to retire, but we are ready to partner with you to move the Black Freedom Movement successfully forward. We can do it together.