61. And he became the first black man elected mayor in Pleasant Valley or any other city in Clay County. 62. And as a black man, he was determined that it be multiracial. 63. An oil painting shows Hiram Revels, the first black man to sit in the U.S. Senate. 64. An old black man who beat the last march of slavery, but who heard enough stories to pass along. 65. And because many young black men lack the requisite education, do not qualify for the Police Academy. 66. And behind closed doors and in segregated settings, black men and women are talking about racial implications that go beyond the evidence lawyers will debate. 67. And Constance Curry was evicted from her Atlanta apartment when her landlady saw a young black man visiting the premises. 68. And even though white robber barons and white profiteers had a lot to do with it, black men were the ones who brought drugs into the black community. 69. And he is impatient with the reluctance to discuss sexual relations between black men and women. 70. And he became the first black man elected mayor in Pleasant Valley or any other city in Clay County, a suburb of Kansas City, Mo. |