by C. Delores Tucker

About the author: C. Delores Tucker is the chair of the National Political Congress of Black Women, an organization that advocates on behalf of African- American women and their families.

Editor’s note: This viewpoint was originally delivered before the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia on November 6, 1997.

Ispeak as Chair of the National Political Congress of Black Women, Inc., a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for the political and economic empowerment of African-American women and their families.

Iam pleased this arm of Congress is taking the time to address the urgent problem of “The Social Impact of Music Violence,” a subject that I and the NPCBW have been engaged for more than five years in a relentless struggle to persuade the...