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News and Views: Julius Caesar Watts Leads the New GOP Concern for the

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From: Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The
Date: 19990131
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Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, The
01-31-1999
News and Views: Julius Caesar Watts Leads the New GOP Concern for the Education of Black Children

Over the past four years Republican legislators in Congress have never dared press legislation that would affect the opportunities of African Americans without the strong support of one man. He is Congressman Julius Caesar Watts, the only black U.S. representative who is not a Democrat.

As a result of the November 1998 elections when the black vote provided the margin for defeat of at least a dozen Republicans, the GOP is now straggling to ...

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