Slifkin addresses the common criticism that NOW primarily addressed the needs of white, middle-class women. According to Slifkin, many of NOW's activities were aimed at aiding lower-class women as well. She discusses an event held at Lincoln, formerly the black high school, after it had become an administrative center. Interestingly, Slifkin conflates issues of class with race and suggests that problems associated with either category were one and the same. She notes that there was only one African American member of the Chapel Hill chapter of NOW during the 1970s and compares this to the local chapter of the ACLU. Slifkin acknowledges that the ACLU had more black members than did NOW, but she believes that the ACLU faced less criticism for its biases because it was more of a male-driven organization, unlike NOW which was predominately female-driven.