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Joe Debro on racism in construction: A study of the manpower...

All the ingredients of human bondage and denigration which characterize Anglo treatment of minority peoples in the United States are also present in Oakland, California. A study of Oakland’s socio-economic situation demonstrates, as the Kerner Report and many other similar queries have done throughout the country, that the poor are cut off dramatically from the middle and upper classes.

Change comes when change is demanded

Dr. King led a movement that issued a stirring call for justice. Lyndon Johnson used his remarkable skills to drive an unprecedented response to that call. The prophet and the president were both remarkable leaders. We may not look on their like again. But even so, one thing is still clear: When we build the demand for change, leaders will arise to offer the response.

Philadelphia raises goals for Blacks in construction

Taking a first step toward “creating an economy of inclusion,” Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has unveiled his administration’s long anticipated Economic Opportunity Strategic Plan. By July 2011, the mayor said, he would like to see 25 percent of the city’s spending on contracts going to disadvantaged businesses, including 14 percent for African-Americans.