Article: Destruction in black America is self-inflicted

Article: Young Black Men in Trouble
The Washington Post;  August 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Five years ago, some 42 percent of young black men in the District...just as we did five years ago. Unfortunately, now...will be of racism. Young black men (the survey focus...that almost impels young black men into trouble...

Article: A SALUTE TO YOUNG BLACK MEN WHO CHOOSE TO BE EXCELLENT.(COMMENTARY)
The Virginian Pilot;  June 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......a barroom fight many years ago. At the same time, Greg...last one of us knows a young black man who should have...sidetracked by the idea that young black men are not supposed...to be black, so many young black men wind up in the grip...

Article: Number of Young Black Convicts Rises Sharply
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 5, 1995 ;     378 words ......study by a prison reform group. Five years ago, the ratio was one in four. In Illinois...blacks - 60 percent of the total - five years ago, according to state officials. The...for life. The imprisonment of so many young black men creates "a vicious cycle," said...percent black have ...

Article: FINDING A MEANS TO HELP YOUNG BLACK MEN.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ......RASPBERRY WASHINGTON -- Five years ago, some 42 percent of young black men in the District of Columbia...first talk will be of racism. Young black men (the survey focus was...conspiracy of circumstances impels young black men into trouble. It starts...

Article: Father and son discover lifeline for young Black men
New York Beacon, The;  March 12, 2003 ;     437 words ......to his father Jack several years ago. "The more I see going wrong...concerned about the plight of young Black men in America. "All my life...that are destroying other young black men. He began to wonder how...thought could help save some young Black men. I told Omari ...

Article: Augusta, Ga., area sees growing number of young, black bank executives.
Augusta Chronicle (Augusta, GA);  May 20, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Timothy Cox May 20--Twenty-odd years ago, Cedric Johnson said, it was rare to...of Georgia. I'm seeing more and more young black men in our industry, locally, and it...proud to be part of a growing number of young black men in the Augusta area who are working...

Article: The idea that more young black people are hanging out in threatening gangs is a subtle form of racism
The Independent - London;  December 3, 2000 ;     610 words ......to understanding the younger generation than they were 25 years ago. Reading that "American-style gangs based on the Los Angeles...been part of growing up for centuries. The idea that more young black people are hanging out in threatening gangs is a subtle...clubbing together to buy booze and ...

Article: Lunch Counter Revolution; 35 Years Ago, They Took Their Seats and Found a Place in History
The Washington Post;  January 16, 1995 ;     700+ words ......said. When he went to college in North Carolina, he met other young black men who shared his anger. One February afternoon in 1960...inviting three of the students who had seated themselves there 35 years ago (the fourth has since died) to tell a full house about the...

Article: Bias Takes Back Seat To Fear; D.C. Cabdriver Wary Of Young Black Men
The Washington Post;  October 15, 1991 ;     700+ words ......his stomach when he sees a cab pass by a young black man and instead pick up a white customer...away. The feeling returns when he sees a young black person trying to flag down a cab by making...cabdrivers will tell you that they just pass young black youths by automatically and it ...

Article: Brown leads tributes to Black Watch soldiers killed in Basra Prime Minister Gordon Brown last night led the tributes to two young Black Watch soldiers who died in a roadside bomb blast in Iraq - including one from his own constituency.
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 29, 2007 ;     660 words ......Brown last night led the tributes to two young Black Watch soldiers who died in a roadside...to friends, he had joined the Army two years ago, immediately after leaving school. It...for him because of that. A couple of years ago, five Black Watch boys died and he didn...

Article: 50 YEARS AGO, HE BROKE A COLOR BARRIER - THE AL'S.(SPORTS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  April 6, 1997 ;     679 words ......day in the major leagues, that day 50 years ago when he broke the color barrier in the...stood at his locker and looked over the young black man who had just been purchased by the...instinctively felt an identity with the young black player. ``He was a kind of underdog...

Article: A step to success: Some young black high-school dropouts finish their education and find careers.
Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  May 19, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Life. Here are the dream jobs of some young black men and women who come to class at the...year-old orphan. His mother died two years ago. His father died . . . he's not sure...joining the Urban League staff three years ago. Daniels is like a drill sergeant. She...

Article: Dying men confess to race riot murder A suicide note led to a mayor and six other men being charged in connection with the death of a black woman 32 years ago
The Independent - London;  May 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the storm is the murder of a young black woman, Lillie Belle Allen...preferred to forget. And then two years ago, after a series of newspaper...It should have happened 32 years ago. This is a big pressure to...Before he died of cancer two years ago, he told his wife, ...

Article: A young black man without hope is more dangerous than Aids.(News)
Sunday Tribune (South Africa);  April 5, 2009 ;     700+ words ......Makes Me Wanna Holler: a young black man in America. He is...In South Africa, the young black men are no longer a lost...ticking time bomb. A young black man without hope is more...sugarcoat the truth: young, black men are a danger to themselves...root cause. What makes ...