# "Self proclaimed" black leaders?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-black-leaders/411320>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-black-leaders/411320 "2007-07-11T03:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-proclaimed-black-leaders/411320/41 "2007-07-27T13:28:53Z")

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Well, “civil rights leader” is obviously not the same thing as “black leader”, but I guess the other two quotes are close enough. That answers the general question, but still doesn’t justify the term and the idea behind it.

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