If it didn`t immediately start using black law firms, advertising agencies and banks;hiring more black executives; and putting blacks on its board of directors.The head of PUSH also said he wanted Nike to lower its prices and to finance educational programs in black neighborhoods so young men wouldn`t shoot each other for their Air Jordans.Because of the hectic nature of the news business, there hasn`t been much written about the boycott lately, about two months have passed since Operation PUSH launched a sudden boycott campaign against Nike Inc., accusing the popular athletic apparel maker of being insensitive, insulting and disrespectful to blacks.Leaders of PUSH threatened to bring Nike to its knees. The history has become shoved aside through the threat of war with Iraq, the quivering national economy and football players displaying their frontal parts to get a female sports writer.And So I wondered just how the boycott was going. Are Nike shoes along with other garments getting dusty in the shelves, as Operation PUSH vowed they soon could be? It seemed a logical place to conduct a survey of shoe stores, sports stores, tennis clubs and other businesses that sell Nike.Some of the businesses didn`t want their names used, so I`m going to omit all names, because Chicago is where PUSH was has and born always received the most media attention. But is whatever they said about Nike sales: style-one
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