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Race and Equity
These storied schools are largely responsible for the nation's black middle class. They are also on the brink of financial ruin.
by DELECE SMITH-BARROW
October 23, 2019
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Last month, reporting from a drab hotel conference room in Washington, I witnessed something as bizarre as it was timely: Donald Trump, mired in a race-infused culture war of his own making, receiving repeated applause from a crowd of brown faces. He was heaping praise on the hundreds gathered there for his