1.   They leaped about in the form of imps, black baby devils.

2.   Black babies are more likely to be born small and die in their first year, and black adults live fewer years than their white counterparts.

3.   Black babies continue to be at twice the risk of low birth weight as white babies.

4.   Black babies die at almost twice the rate of white babies.

5.   Black baby Eclectus parrots ran around in another pen, while African greys, Lories, and Amazons rested in cages.

6.   About two-thirds of black babies and about one-fifth of white babies are born to unmarried women.

7.   But for Hispanic babies, there are five, and for black babies, babies with AIDS and drug babies, there are fewer than one.

8.   But only rarely do the defects occur in black babies.

9.   Every six minutes a black baby is born at a low birth weight.

10.   Every two minutes a black baby is born into poverty.