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...black county commissioners, Levi Morrow, a 66-year-old farmer, remembers that a few years ago the white-run highway department tarred the road to within 30 ft. of his front door and then stopped. The foreman explained: "We ain't paving in front of no nigger's door." Says Oscar Williams, a black Peace Corps veteran who now works as administrative assistant to the county commissioners: "We have justice in mind. Black should be beautiful for everyone, not just for black people. But if an agency that has a history of discrimination comes before...
...become a dancer and Reds a drummer-both hope for show-business careers. They are also working on a film about hustling in the streets. "I want everything to be real," says Dino, "so that people can see what's really going down. When I look at TV, ain't nothing in there I've seen before. Like in all the pictures with black people, they got to be some white guy who's his best friend. It ain't always that way. And that show Julia-she's just a nurse...
...hope I ain't in conflict with Mr. Atherton's intentions tonight, biess his soul," Jackson said...
...addict, 16: You gonna shoot dope, Ralphie. You gonna be in jail or you gonna be dead. The pushers ain't gonna disappear just 'cause you comin' home, Ralphie...
...score with enough combinations to win the first round. Yet, by the third round, it was apparent that he needed something besides style. Grinning after one exchange, Frazier chided his opponent: "Sissy, you can't hit. I'm takin' everything you got, man, and you ain't hurtin' me." In the fourth round, Frazier bulled Ellis into the ropes and felled him with two crunching left hooks. Ellis staggered to his feet only to be bludgeoned to the floor again by another murderous left. The bell sounded at the count of 5, and Ellis somehow...