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Suburbs no guarantee of opportunity: Affluent blacks leaving the city tend to cluster in just a few communities, but many offer limited economic benefits or access to good schools, jobs Series: The Fragile Black Middle Class: Race and Money in the suburbs. Third of a three-part series
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"Disadvantaged" hardly seems a word that would apply to people
living in $200,000 homes with prize-worthy yards and sporty trucks
and coupes tucked inside two-car garages.
Yet amid these hallmarks of prosperity hides a deeper truth:
Middle-class and affluent blacks in the suburbs are concentrated in
areas that provide fewer economic opportunities in terms of rising
home values and access to good schools and jobs, making it harder for
them to catch up, and keep up, financially with whites.
African Americans are moving to the suburbs in unprecedented
numbers. But most choose communities that ...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...actor, 1895; Katherine Cornell, actress, 1898; Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone, 1922. Deaths: Alfonso III, King of Portugal, 1279; Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1503; Richard Mead, royal physician, 1754; Pierre...
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ANNIVERSARIES
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...actor, 1895; Katherine Cornell, actress, 1898; Sir Geraint Evans, operatic baritone, 1922. Deaths: Alfonso III, King of Portugal, 1279; Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1503; Richard Mead, royal physician, 1754; Pierre...
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No Apology from Pope on Slavery
Newspaper article from: Tennessee TRIBUNE, The
; ...Nicholas V issued Bull Romanus Pontifex to King Alfonso V of Portugal in 1454, on January 8. Callixtus III (Alonso Borgia), launched the war against...free and ample faculty to the aforesaid King Alfonso - TO INVADE, SEARCH (CAPTURE/VANQUISH...
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Put Portugal on list for a return visit.(Going Places)(Travel Q and A)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; ...A. Have I been to Portugal? Yes. Would I go again...Porto is in northern Portugal. On your way there...by Portuguese King Dom Alfonso III in 1292. Accommodations...international airports. Portugal is a member of the European...
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 "Reforma (México D.F., México)")
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El paso de Baco por Espana.(De Viaje)
Newspaper article from: Reforma (México D.F., México)
; ...algunos reyes castellano-leoneses, como Alfonso III, Sancho II, Alfonso IX y Fernando III. Tuvo gran importancia militar por su posicin fronteriza con Portugal. Fue escenario de las luchas internas en los...
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THE PODIUM.(Society)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin
; ...Finland Embassy; Marcel van der Bogaard, Netherlands Embassy; Isabel Ferreira, Portugal Embassy, et al. Representing the new member states were Alfonso Yuchengco III, honorary consul of Hungary (with his wife Marit nee Colome); Andreas Lafazou...
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Javier dormido y Javier vigilante.(AÑO JUBILAR)
Magazine article from: Mensaje
; ...publicar 52 en 1596. Llegan a Portugal, a Espaa, a Roma, a las manos...misionero de su autor. El rey Juan III de Portugal, antes de leerlas, las besaba...separados. Ya en las Partidas de Alfonso el Sabio se recordaba que las misivas...
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La Estoria de Espana de Alfonso X: Creacion y evolucion.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum
; ...its founding father, Alfonso X of Castile, el sabio...Cronica abreviada of Alfonso's nephew Juan Manuel...proceeded within Spain and Portugal, notably in the form...of which volumes I-III appeared between 1951...Catalan's monograph De Alfonso X al Conde de Barcelos...
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Portuguese duo wins day three at Bacardi Cup, takes lead
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...AP Worldstream 03-10-2004 Dateline: MIAMI Alfonso Domingos and Bernardo Santos of Portugal won the third race of the 2004 Bacardi Cup Star...Lovell with crew Magnus Liljedahl, and John Dane III with crew Henry Sprague _ are in the overall...
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Girl in the dawn: textual criticism and poetics.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Portuguese Studies
; ...Portuguese lyric; King Dinis of Portugal; textual criticism; symbolism...see Appendix) of King Dinis of Portugal (1261-1325). Levantou s...the French-educated Afonso III, grandson of Alfonso X of Castile and Leon, and husband...
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