” Although the contest for the Presidency between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan (with John Anderson somewhere in between) is only
at an early stage this indication
of a tentative shift in black attitudes may be a significant straw in the political wind. It not only illustrates the sense of acute disappointment with the Carter Administration on the part of black
Americans, but also indicates a possible deeper re-thinking of the question of where black interests are best served in the American political process.”
