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It's the best, worst of times for black women
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NEW YORK -- This is a triumphant time for black women:
Condoleezza Rice in the global diplomatic spotlight, Michelle Obama
captivating campaign crowds as potential first lady, billionaire
Oprah Winfrey playing political kingmaker.
It's also a traumatic time: Rutgers University basketball players
disparaged by radio host Don Imus, a black woman kidnapped and
tortured by whites in West Virginia, the home-owning dreams of black
women disproportionately dashed by foreclosures.
That remarkable mix is the focus of this year's State of Black
America report, issued Wednesday by the National Urban ...
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