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slavery, but change is in the air. rent from Benjamin Manor.
The recent groundb . ng in High- The middle-income housing units
land Par for the 81-unit, 6 million will be 00 tructed on ncb ter and
townho e complex was a significant Second in Highland Par .
brea from the tradition that e WithMcLemor in t photo are Oeft
money imply channeled through Bla to right: Dr. Eugene Cain, Superinten-
oommuniti with profits going to non- d nt of Schools; Mayor Li ey Porter;
idents. Th Benjamin Manor project B n Roland, City T urer, County
as put togeth r by th administration C . r Art Bla 11; and State Repr
of Mayor Li Porter and approved ntativ David Poin <D-Highland
bythecitycounc:il und rth leade hip Par).
of P id nt D ight Down ,using Such development -where th
Michigan State Ho ing lopme profits tay in the community- are t
Authority funding. only olution to the problems t t fa
Andred McLemore (third from left in urban America. Our children will com
photo above)' th ChiefE cutive Of- out of dope dealing in th t only
tieer and owner of A-Mac Sal & Build- when e crea opportuniti for them.
ers, the general contractor on the - Highland Par . bowing b way.
townho proj ho will collect the
pite the many co truction pro­
jects .taking plaee in Detroit nd High­
land Par very few are 00 tructed by
African American builde for African
American 0 ne .
Locked out of capitalism by lavery
and the apartheid la of Jim Cro
gregation, African America own lit-
tle in America and h po rty gro
And, alt gh African Am rican p0-
litical I de hip control citi a d
chool . boards, the ability to bre
hrough tb nomic strangleh ld has
10 in coming. Bla control is
often far remo from t Black
community it in the days of
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