Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black Rain...
...midst of the August insanity, Mayor Edward Koch was standing on his last political legs, fighting off a serious primary challenge by David Dinkins, who is Black. Not surprisingly, the two candidates stayed clear of blatant racial appeals--such tactics are tantamount to political suicide in light of New York's diverse electorate...
...election became almost a referendum on the future of race relations in New York City. Although Koch was trying to win back the Black electorate (which he deperately needed to do), his tone was typically shrill and aggravating...
When I finished speaking to him, he took my white hand with his Black hand and held it up in the air. "This is what New York is about, man," he said. "Together...
...went to a newsstand on the street to check out those infamous tabloids, which somehow managed to put the Dinkins victory on its front page only minutes after the winner was declared. Waiting at the newsstand were two bedraggled and apparently intoxicated men who were Black...