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453. A Rescue Plan for Black America

Freakonomics Radio

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Black Man in a Milgrade Depression

Charles Blow was the youngest of five sons. His mother worked in a poultry processing factory before going back to school and becoming a home economics teacher. On a field trip to the state capital during high school, he thought he might like to become governor of louisiana one day. He stayed in louisiana for college, attending grambling state, a well known h b c u, or historically black college or university....

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