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American Bridge Association, Incorporated

SPRING TOURNAMENT--APRIL 19-26, 1981
Aladdin Hotel--Las Vegas. Nv

SUMMER TOURNAMENT--AUGUST 6-17, 1981
Stouffers Hotel--Cleveland, Oh

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[[caption]]Art Reid, Chairman of the Board, Arnold Jones, Jr. National President, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Operation Push at National Convention in Chicago.[[/caption]]

WHY THE ABA?
In 1932, a group of dedicated Black bridge players gathered in Buckroe Beach, Va, to protest the overt racial discrimination in tournament bridge. Several formal meetings ensued, out of which emerged an organization today known as the American Bridge Association. The primary objective of the charter members was to establish an organization in which Blacks could compete in tournament bridge, since the then existing organizations denied us membership and participation. From these modest beginnings, five decades later, ABA has grown into a nationwide organization which boasts over 5,000 members, most of whom are Black.
The goals and objectives of ABA have remained flexible to respond to the impact of social progress in America as well as to reflect the inevitabl challenges that go hand in hand with maturity. Our growth has been marked with ever increasing identification with a total effort being directed toward the elimination of bigotry and racial barriers. Through bridge, ABA a continual flow of resources, both financial and human, to support the activities of other organizations and individuals in obtaining and preserving the rights, respect, and general welfare of all mankind.
Our scope of effort in pursuit of "bridge oriented" goals encompass the inclusion of ABA members in State, Regional and National Championships in duplicate contract bridge with other segments of the American community and secure for them equal exposure and full participation in the mainstream of American life.
With the swelling wave of Black consciousness around the country ABA has been accorded national recognition. Nevertheless, our ultimate quest for dignity is to be found on the international level, an achievement that can only come about through bridge competition with our brothers in the Caribbean and Africa.
Other goals include implementation of College Scholarship Programs, though which six scholarships are awarded annually; Benefit Fund, from which several thousand dollars are donated to Civil Rights groups and Health agencies; and accelerated programs involving bridge instruction to young adults in under-achieved communities.

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[[caption]]Dr. Arnold P. Jones, Jr.,
National President of the ABA[[/caption]]

WHY BRIDGE?
Bridge is an intellectual sport as stimulating as chess but much more fun; as intriguing as a crossword puzzle but much more social!
It is an evening's entertainment less intimate and fatiguing than a dance, but much more lively and warm than a movie.
It is a delightful four hours among congenial people, and all within the leisure time budget of a student, a married couple or a retiree. Hardly anyone is too young or too old!
It is a four-handed game, the natural evolution of

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