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...Northern children of Southern migrants, the American dream is on hold. Says one union official who earns $200 a year more than the ceiling allows for student aid: "My daughter's at college. They told her to get a job if she needed help. And there ain't no jobs! Something has got to be wrong somewhere." Thelma Clay cans vegetables from her one-acre garden and worries: "It hurts the young ones, it really does. My daughter's been laid off four years and she'll probably never get called back...
...most famous, or infamous, of all these "satires," an article about affirmative action and Blacks at Dartmouth written in "jive" entitled "Dissho' ain't no jive...
...They ain 't had any learnin...
...some more contemporary styles. But often he does smack a bit too sentimental. Songs like the sappy, emotional "Breaking Us In Two" ("They say two hearts should beat as one for us...") prove a bit hard to swallow for those who rocked to and rejoiced in "Happy Loving Couples (ain't no friends of mine)." We're just not sure when to take Jackson seriously. And maybe Jackson isn't sure, either. He constantly provides us with twisted paradoxes like "Cancer," an upbeat tune with chilling lyrics: "Everything causes Cancer/There's no cure, there's no answer...
William Jackson was released from prison 7½ hours after Edward Jackson was indicted. He holds no grudge against the mistaken witnesses - "It ain't their fault" - but he is bitter at the system of justice that put him behind bars. Ohio law provides no compensation for persons falsely convicted unless it can be shown that due process was not observed. Says William Jackson, who was stabbed and repeatedly assaulted during his imprisonment: "They took away part of my life, part of my youth. I spent five years down there, and all they said...