Sentences with phrase «largely black population»

«Detroit» depicts the violence and anger, triggered by heightened racial tensions, between the city's largely black population and mostly white police force.

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The remaining Cuban population is over two - thirds black and mulatto, and largely poor.
Major responsibility for the change in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan, Levine and Harmon claim, rests largely on the political, banking, and real estate establishment of Boston that decided to channel Boston's growing black population into Jewish neighborhoods rather than to scatter them in Irish, Italian, and other ethnic enclaves.
The population was largely (77.6 %) white non-Hispanic but included 8.7 % black non-Hispanic, 8.4 % Hispanic, and 4.0 % Asian women.
The first issue was what to do with Rhodesia, where the five - percent white population was determined to rule the prosperous, largely - black ex-colony in the face of overwhelming international disapproval.
Concerned about the absence of black and Latino students in the field of computer science, Margolis launched a three - year study of students» computing experiences at three high schools in Los Angeles — one with a predominately African - American student population, one with a largely Latino student body, and a third with a significant percentage of white students from wealthy families.
New data related to the White House report released Tuesday found that many of these large school districts poised to lose funding serve largely black or Hispanic populations.
On cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Marcellus McRae tried to chip away at the heft of Fraisse's testimony by having the witness concede that the districts he led were relatively small with few schools and had student populations that were largely white, with much smaller percentages of blacks and African Americans.
These feral mammals largely contribute to controlling the black rat and feral cat population.
Today, more than half the city's population is cited as black or African American, and an area north of the French Quarter, Tremé, is largely discussed as the country's oldest black neighbourhood.
The total population of black rhinos plunged to less than 2,500 in 1993 from 70,000 or so in 1970, in a slaughter largely driven by the market for rhino horn and related products in Asia.
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