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Black Conservatives Urge New Leadership

At a recent conference of black conservatives hosted by the Heritage Foundation, organizers argued that black leaders such as Jesse Jackson and organizations like the NAACP may not truly represent the interests of African-Americans. NPR's David Greene reports on the New Black Vanguard Conference.

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David Greene is an award-winning journalist and New York Times best-selling author. He is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, the most listened-to radio news program in the United States, and also of NPR's popular morning news podcast, Up First.