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Introduction: Black and Affluent
Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--BLACK AND AFFLUENT
Author: Editor
Publication: The world & I online
Issue Date: 2/1/1999
Size: 462 Words, 2,888 Characters

One of the most remarkable developments in America in the last 25 years has been the emergence of a strong, vibrant black middle class.

Of the 34 million African Americans, more than one-third meet the definition of middle class--they reside in households with an annual income of $35,000 or more. In the 1960s, fewer than 10 percent of...


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...il rights" proposals. Republicans can make significant gains among African Americans if they eschew the stale rhetoric of the past and offer a new and fresh agenda.

Syndicated columnist and television host Armstrong Williams agrees, challenging whites and blacks alike to abandon venomous rhetoric and instead engage in rational and reasonable discourse about the right direction for America.



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