Word: harlem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...substantial increase in crime this year might be attributed to the crack epidemic. In May of this year cocaine arrests were up 68% over the figures for May 1985, while arrests for heroin, marijuana and other drugs had dropped. Crack has all but consumed parts of neighborhoods such as Harlem, Bedford-Stuyvesant and the South Bronx that are primarily made up of poor blacks. Says the Rev. Wendell Foster, a Bronx city councilman: "It's a new form of genocide...
...York's United Black Church Appeal launched a valiant campaign against the drug. Some 200 ministers, celebrities and antidrug activists participated in street-corner rallies and 24-hour vigils in areas where crack is sold. "The house is on fire," said Actor Ossie Davis at a rally in Harlem. "Those of us who care have to ring the alarm bell." While calling for greater community action, organizers of the campaign mocked the Federal Government's efforts to stop drug trafficking, including the raids in Bolivia. "I'll never understand why, if they're serious about a drug bust, they decide...
Back in New York, shortly after the rallies and speeches ended, the crack hustlers were out again, casually hawking their wares. "They should have been here long ago," said a disillusioned Harlem resident of the antidrug crusaders. "It's too late...
...scenes vary from Portofino to Harlem to the Savoy, but the '20s are coming to a close, the Depression is imminent, and no matter how far the wealthy wander and caper, their journeys are bound to end in sorrow...
...Rolling Stones gather not much. They did get together long enough recently, however, to make their first album in two years. Called Dirty Work, it features eight new Stones songs, but the album's sole video, which premiered on MTV last week, is a golden oldie, Harlem Shuffle. "We have a lot of influence," explains Ron Wood, "and we'd like to turn the kids of today on to what we consider our roots." As for working as a group again, Mick Jagger says, "It was like going back to an old shoe." Stones in an old shoe...