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Black Burden

march on Congress to let them
know that welfare is unfair and
inequitable. The burden of
advocacy should not be on
blacks. Our advocacy is
interpreted as special pleading
for special people."

Mr. Jordan asked blacks to
light a return to the past. "A
return to a racist past is
unthinkable."

Nothing that President
Richard M. Nixon made no
specific reference to black
concerns in his inaugural
address, Mr. Jordan called for
"great moral leadership" to
stem "the tide of
retrogression."