Lost Cause
The nomination of Judge Clarence Thomas to the American Supreme Court caused controversy because of the allegations of sexual harrassment made against him. but tonight's Assignment examines the reasons why
Thomas was chosen in the first place - the fact that he is both black and conservative. George Alagiah reports from Chicago on the emergence of a powerful black conservative movement.
It believes that blacks should stand on their own feet and that measures such as affirmative action - reserving jobs for minorities - are counter-productive. Is this the end of the Civil Rights Movement? Producer Mike Flood Page Editor John Morrison