William Cosby Quotes

This is a highly quoted passage but little evidence exists that MLK actually said it. The most credible reference is a speech he gave to a congregation in 1961 but the supporting evidence is weak.

This quotation is a wonderful example of Donald Trump's hyperbolic oratory, Must politicians would say that "African communities are in terrible shape." But that would not get much media attention and coverage of his speech. So he ads ""worst". And not content with the dama of "worst" which was clearly untrue, he then added "Ever, Ever, Ever". Which not only makes the statement unture but rediculous in the light of lynchings, race riots, slavery, and other aspects of past African American experience in America. However, that evening, this line was on almost every news television show in America, repeated on radio, and was in the vast majority of newspapers. This lie got him millions of dollars in free publicity. No one had ever been better at manipulating the media that way. See Quotation 664146 for President Obama's comment on Trump's statement. Also, 644399 for the assessment of the NAACP President.

When passed, the Social Security Act did not cover domestic or agricultural workers. But these were the two occupations that between employed over half of all African Americans. The Black labor leaders like A. Phillip Randolph, supported the Act as their union membership was covered. The Congress, although controlled by the Democrats had the albatross of the "Solid South" which would obstruct anything that would strengthen the Negro. The strategy the President Roosevelt and his new dealers adopted was to institutionalize Social Security for the majority of American workers and then bring in the occupations and groups that had originally been excluded. And this is what they did however, enforcement of Social Security coverage with individual domestic workers was still a problem in the 21st century.

Like so many of his other predictions about America, he saw that the evil of racism and slavery was bound to cause the nation to implode. And this was decades before the Civil War, but the problem was inescapable to a critical observer like de Tocqueville.

Louis Eugene Walcott

Two decades earlier leading Black politicians, observing the differential deleterious effects of drug use on Blacks called for a massive Federal effort to diminish substance abuse. The War on Drugs responded and reduced the drug use in America somewhat. However, the unintended consequences—especially for Blacks—caused many Black politicians to call for an end or serious curtailing to the War on Drugs. The differential effect on Black males was dramatic. White drug dealing tended to occur in private offices and homes where black dealing takes place to a greater extent on the streets where the lower level dealers are much more likely to be caught. The differential penal;ties for possession or selling of powdered cocaine (preferred by whites) and crack cocaine (preferred by Blacks) caused many more Blacks to be jailed. With less access to the better attornies, the Bplacks tend to get longer sentences, even for the same crime. In addition, the drug of choice for most whites is alcohol which was made legal while the drugs of choice for Blacks are illegal. In many Black urban neighborhoods like Newark, the majority of young Black men arwere in jail for ddrug law violations. See {624056} for a concurring opinion.

The vast majority of the million Blacks in prison have been sentenced for using or selling drugs.

The highway was planned to go through a poor neighborhood which had a high percentage of Black residents—all of whom would have to find other housing and move to make room for the highway. If the government plans a highway through a wealthy area, the cost to condemn and pay for the land will be much greater than if a poor neighborhood is acquired. For urban highways, the poor almost always bear a disproportionate share of the inconvenience while the major benefit inures to the wealthy and middle class. Abbot had been a labor organizer and a professional artist before he entered politics. The graphic is of his famous poster which by itself stopped the plans to build the highway very quickly.

Surprising to most people who know of President Theodore Roosevelt’s general liberals, his 4th son was an ultraconservative who founded and joined racist, anti-Semitic, right wing organizations, and to the distress of many in the family and without lent his name to many of the most extreme right wing causes and organizations.