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Luck, hard work, some powerful connections and a willingness to gamble. That's how Nunn has risen so far so fast. The eggs aside, Nunn breezed through Perry High, Georgia Tech and Emory University law school. He was an Eagle Scout and a star forward who led Perry's high school basketball team to the 1956 state championship. "We were behind by 5 points at the half," recalls Ed Beckham, a Perry oil distributor. "Our coach was one of the winningest in the nation, but it was Sam who gave us the half-time pep talk...
Considering that it represents a reversal of centuries of black subordination, the rise of the black manager has been accomplished with remarkably little upheaval. But not without some strain. African Americans who have risen through affirmative-action plans can face resentment from white underlings. Some white subordinates fret over whether black bosses will favor other blacks. And the stories are common among black managers of white employees who ceaselessly buck their authority or who go over their heads to complain to higher-placed whites...
...valedictorian: by 1940 he would be Governor of New Jersey and "leader of the colored race in America." As Martin Bauml Duberman observes in his compassionate biography, extravagant predictions were still being made for Paul Robeson 21 years later. The son of an escaped slave had already risen to international celebrity as a singer, actor and public speaker, and no limits were set on his future. Hardly anyone foresaw that he was standing on the edge of an irreversible decline...
Moreover, the population of New York City jails has risen nearly 80 percent since 1985, causing severe strains on the city budget and law enforcement...
...group to drop from 44% to 36%. For those in their 30s, the rate fell from 61% to 53%. The increase in home prices has far outpaced the ability of young people to save the necessary down payment. A prime reason is the price of rents, which have risen even faster than home prices in many cities. Now interest rates are rising as a barrier once again. The average 30-year mortgage rate climbed to 10.56% last week, vs. 9.84% a year ago, as the Federal Reserve tightened up credit in response to renewed signs of inflation...