A Martin Luther King - Malcolm X Community Revitalization Initiative

here needs to be a movement, so let's begin one. The first step is an analysis - followed by action - of the state of apartheid in the U.S. The catastrophe called Katrina told the story, and we must find the solution. To do so, we must dig deep into our own history of resistance to racial and economic exploitation, and summon all our strengths to go once again into battle. Dr. Daniels lays out the beginnings of a plan that tackles gentrification - the dispersal of our people - and how the racist juggernaut can be stopped. Transformation can only come from mobilization. So let's get moving.

In his classic work Dark Ghetto, noted Sociologist Dr. Kenneth B. Clark described America's urban inner-city areas, largely inhabited by African Americans, as virtual domestic colonies controlled, manipulated and exploited by external interests, to the detriment of the residents. Much has changed in the half century since Dr. Clark offered his damning indictments about the affects of institutional racism on Blacks in urban America. As a consequence of the Black Freedom Struggle, the Black middle class has expanded dramatically. Black mayors now occupy the city halls of numerous urban centers across the country and the ranks of Black elected officials have swelled to thousands, including forty-three members of the House of Representatives, a U.S. Senator and Governor of a State. An African American sits on the Supreme Court and two Blacks have been appointed to the office of Secretary of State.

High profile athletes now earn millions of dollars as a dominant force on the sports scene and Black men head four of America's most wealthy and prestigious corporations. Much has changed in the last half century.

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