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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited by Laurent Belsie

April 26, 1983

The NAACP will not back a black presidential candidate in 1984. NAACP head Benjamin Hooks says black voters have the clout to exert a strong influence on the election, but he said running an independent black candidate would ensure victory by a conservative Republican.