Sentences with phrase «black residents who»

Not infrequently a real estate speculator would buy some run - down houses in the inner city, make cosmetic repairs and sell them to inner - city, black residents who bought them using the new FHA mortgage.

«This is the history Mississippi wants to walk away from,» said Alvin O. Chambliss Jr., the lawyer for a group of black residents who sued the state in 1975 over racial disparities in its public colleges and universities.

Not exact matches

One officer is notorious for harassing local black residents, to the point where he has been given a street nickname of «Bro Stupid,» said Burnell Williams, who works with at - risk youth and ex-prisoners for the nonprofit group Against All Odds.

Drawing on the work of New York University sociologist Patrick Sharkey, Richard Florida wrote that 70 percent of black residents in America's poorest and and most segregated neighborhoods «are the children and grandchildren of those who lived in similar neighborhoods 40 years ago.»

Though the DOJ's report did not recommend seeking charges against the officer who shot and killed unarmed teen Michael Brown during a confrontation this summer, it did say that the department routinely violated the constitutional rights of black residents.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

Another strength is the makeup of the union: predominantly black and Latino, many of them city residents who will vote in Democratic primaries.

The 34 - year - old Carroll Gardens resident, who purchased a train sign for $ 230.79 on Black Friday as a Christmas gift for his wife, is among a growing group of customers who say they're filing complaints with acting Attorney General Barbara Underwood's office out of desperation.

«It is time that New York City enact a congestion pricing plan that fully funds our mass transit system, improves traffic flow, and fairly applies fees so that outer - borough black car riders aren't forced to pay more than Manhattan residents who can easily hail a cab,» said Ira Goldstein, the Black Car Fund's executive director, in a stateblack car riders aren't forced to pay more than Manhattan residents who can easily hail a cab,» said Ira Goldstein, the Black Car Fund's executive director, in a stateBlack Car Fund's executive director, in a statement.

The elected officials, who are both black, addressed a roughly hundred - strong Uber - organized crowd gathered in Queensbridge Park in Queens — a hodgepodge of company drivers, customers and local residents of the adjacent Queensbridge Houses, apparently drawn by the free food, children's games and classic R&B and girl - group pop blasting from the speaker system.

The Roll of Honor consists of five black polished granite slabs, etched with the names of residents who perished in every American conflict.

«You're talking about electing a Dominican and maybe kicking out the most powerful African American politician in America in the last 40 years,» said Larry English, 56, the former chair of Community Board 9 and long - time resident of West Harlem who is black and supports Espaillat.

«Residents who choose to play will then have access to a well - regulated, well - monitored system and will not be drawn into their money or their identities at risk on off - shore, unlicensed, black market sites,» the letter states.

Mr. Cuomo is facing particular pressure to burnish his progressive credentials: The actress and education advocate Cynthia Nixon, who is challenging him for the Democratic nomination for governor, has blasted him for what she called his «massive disinvestment» in schools and in other areas that affect black and Hispanic residents.

In recent years, the district has lost some of its black population while its Latino population has grown to account for more 55 percent of the district's residents, and 45 percent of those who can cast a ballot there.

Although records are sparse, New York State's museum archives can document at least six Erie County residents who served in the all - black 369th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed by the Germans of WWI as the «Harlem Hellfighters.»

A recent study that ranks Syracuse number one in the country for concentrated poverty among blacks and Latinos has ignited activists, who want city government to do something about creating jobs for residents who live in poverty.

They've come under heavy criticism for taking a seat at the negotiating table with Gov. Andrew Cuomo while mainline Senate Democrats - who are represented by Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a black woman, and represent the majority of city residents - are excluded.

The population consisted of household residents who were either black or white, non-institutionalized, English speaking, and at least 65 years of age.

Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of AfBlack Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Afblack populations of Africa.

Dark Pimp has ton of free black porn with black girls who love getting their pink pussy fucked Seven million UK residents are registered on dating sites, and around one in three relationships in the UK now start online.

Jack Black is an immigrant polka performer who defrauds local residents via a Ponzi scheme in this comedy based on a true story....

Fortunately, Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), a compassionate Black caregiver who looks after the aging residents, finds the abandoned child, takes him in, and raises him as her own.

Once again, we have the old Monster Zero plot of an invading alien force, this time from the soon - to - be-vaporized Third Planet from the Black Hole, who scheme to use both an undersea dinosaur named Titanosaurus (under remote control by Dr. Mafune and a recovered and rebuilt Mechagodzilla to devastate planet Earth and pave way for new residents.

«Nebraska,» beautifully shot in expressive widescreen black and white by Phedon Papamichael, centers on an aging, dementia - afflicted resident of Billings, Mont., who's convinced he's won $ 1 million in a sweepstakes and won't be talked out of going to prize headquarters in Omaha to collect.

Twelve Years a Slave is the story of Solomon Northup, a free black man and resident of New York, who was kidnapped in 1841and sold into slavery.

I probably cover Lakewood's morally and fiscally bankrupt schools too often, but this Ocean County school district that enrolls almost entirely Latino and Black low - income students pushes all my education reform buttons: tyranny of the majority (in this case the ultra-Orthodox residents who control the municipal government and the school board); lack of accountability; lack of school choice for poor kids of color but anything goes (at public expense) for children of the ruling class; discrimination against minority special education students.

Residents, staff, guests who came to watch and family members who brought dogs, a turtle, a Bearded Dragon and a black and white Tegu lizard named Alphys were present at this annual event.

And of course, there are our permanent residents, beautiful black Leon, Bella and Sophia, both of whom are blind, and Yoda, who came to us with a serious heart condition that, with love, has disappeared, and perfect Walter.

Open only to legal residents of the 50 U.S. + DC, Puerto Rico, or Canada (excluding Quebec) who visit a Microsoft Retail Store beginning on November 23 or 24 (check your store's Black Friday hours for opening times).

(The Long Dark and Unturned, you will have to wait till you go gold and launch for everyone) * No Mods or DLC (This leaves out stuff like the Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Zombie mode and Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare DLC) * No remastered or remake editions (Sorry The Last of Us Remastered) * Zombies must be at the core and not bundled in with a lot of other mobs (Crypt of the Necrodancer) * Slight modifications to the zombies are allowed as long as they were originally humans who have turned into monsters; even Resident Evil has introduced many different types of viruses and super zombies over the years.

In the staid precincts of Yale University, she presented herself as a sexy urban black girl, confusing fellow students and faculty who mistook her for a lost resident of New Haven.

Open only to legal residents of the 50 U.S. + DC, Puerto Rico, or Canada (excluding Quebec) who visit a Microsoft Retail Store beginning on November 23 or 24 (check your store's Black Friday hours for opening times).

James is a photographer, and also a musician who has performed with artists and groups such as the Black Arm Band, Archie Roach and the Skin Choir, as well as being a singer / songwriter in his own right and resident sound engineer at Songlines Aboriginal Music.

A «foreign person» is defined as a natural person who is not a citizen or not ordinarily resident in South Africa, a foreign juristic person (excluding a foreign juristic person controlled by a black person as defined in the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Black Person)-RRB-, or a juristic person in which a foreign person or foreign juristic person holds a controlling interest, which includes a tblack person as defined in the Employment Equity Act, 1998 (Black Person)-RRB-, or a juristic person in which a foreign person or foreign juristic person holds a controlling interest, which includes a tBlack Person)-RRB-, or a juristic person in which a foreign person or foreign juristic person holds a controlling interest, which includes a trust.

These services proved to be invaluable for Jim Black, a Scotland resident who, along with his wife Sandra, purchased a second home in Florida in 2014.

White residents who didn't mind black neighbors found their home values decreasing as the government refused to insure mortgages for new buyers.