[Professor]

"No group seems to be more willing to recruit ill-equipped and unqualified
spokesmen to argue its own cause than black people. Too frequently, black
America demonstrates its willingness to throw its support behind
self-proclaimed leaders who lack the training, intellect, and discretion
that are required to give direction to a people....these groups have
exhibited a tendency to appoint and hold on to middle-aged, sixty-something
staffers and directors. They aggressively favor out-of-touch bureaucrats
and ministers who earned their 'civil rights seniority' by merely outliving
their colleagues rather than select younger, more innovative leaders. This
is not only a symptom of but also a cause to why these institutions are
falling out of touch with younger constituents and new methods, attitudes,
and management techniques

-Lawrence O. Graham
"Member of the Club"