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There Was A Direct Jobs Program From The Rooselvelt Administration In The 1930s. The Justice Department Has Set Up A Task Force To Investigate The Banks And The Mortgage Crisis But That's A Little Too Late. Whenever They Report They Will Report The Obvious. It Will Be Too Late To Impact The People Who Need The Help The Most.

The Trouble Is That Nonviolence Is So Often Defined As Refusal To Fight, And That Is The American Definition Of Cowardice. In Fact, Marching Unarmed Against The Guns And Dogs Of The Police Requires More Courage Than Does Aggression. The Perverted Idea Of Manhood Coming From The Barrel Of A Gun Is What Keeps People From Understanding Nonviolence.

It'll Be A Great Day When The Seniors Have All The Baseball Caps They Need And The Pentagon Bombs Gilligan's Island.

We Must Face The No. 1 Critical Issue Of Our Day. It Is Youth Crime In General And Black-on-black Crime In Particular. There Is Nothing More Painful To Me At This Stage In My Life Than To Walk Down The Street And Hear Footsteps And Start Thinking About Robbery. Then Look Around And See Somebody White And Feel Relieved. After All We Have Been Through, Just To Think We Can't Walk Down Our Own Streets, How Humiliating.

Most Blacks Will Argue That They Excel Because Of Hard Work, Because Of Intellect, Determination, Sweat, Blood, Tears And Risk.