Basil Paterson
Basil A. Paterson is a New York lawyer. He is the father of David Paterson.
National Conference of Black Lawyers
Paterson was a founding member of the National Conference of Black Lawyers.[1]
According to the National Conference of Black Lawyers website[2];
- In 1968, young people of African descent in America were growing impatient with the slow pace of social change. Despite modest advances brought on by two decades of non-violent resistance, from one end of the country to the other, the cry for Black Power was raised in the midst of a sea of clinched fists. At the same time, this new militant spirit had moved many to don black berets and carry rifles. On street corners in practically every Black community, passers-by heard demands for Nation Time and Power to the People!
The National Conference of Black Lawyers and its allied organization, the National Lawyers Guild are the U.S. affiliates of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers.[3]
The IADL, was a "front" for the former Soviet Union and is still dominated by communist and socialist lawyers and legal organizations.
Harlem Democratic Party
David Dinkins rose through the Democratic Party organization in Harlem and became part of an influential group of African-American politicians that included Percy Sutton, Basil Paterson, Denny Farrell, and Charles Rangel.[4]
Tabankin soiree
In February 1995, a private party was held in New York to celebrate Margery Tabankin who had been recently chosen to head Steven Spielberg's Righteous Person's Foundation, (Tabankin also ran the Streisand Foundation). Attendees included Jesse Jackson, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, Streisand publicist Ken Sunshine, Rev. Al Sharpton, Ruth Messinger, Charles Schumer, Mark Green, Basil Paterson, David Paterson, David Dinkins, New York Urban League President Dennis Walcott, and Warner Records chairman Danny Goldberg. The taslk focused on how "liberals could take the political spotlight back from the conservatives"[5]
External links
References
- ↑ Founding members
- ↑ http://www.ncbl.org/history.htm
- ↑ http://www.nlg.org/news/statements/SouraniStatement.htm
- ↑ Former NYC mayors.com, Dinkins bio
- ↑ [Barbra and Jesse split an egg roll. New York Magazine 20 Feb 1995 page 13]