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...longer a novelty, and the high hopes that their arrival would usher in a new era of urban revival have long since faded. Hobbled by age, ill health and ! frustration, three of the longest-serving black mayors -- L.A.'s Tom Bradley, Detroit's Coleman Young and Atlanta's Maynard Jackson -- have declined to seek re-election. Several cities where black mayors once reigned -- Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles -- have reverted to white control, and New York City may be about to join them. But the big turnover at city hall cuts across racial and party lines. Even in cities like...
...common-man focus has its shortcomings. While the series spends ample time detailing the course of race relations during the decade, it pays scant attention to Roosevelt's re-election campaigns and none at all to economics (no mention of deficit spending or John Maynard Keynes). The international scene, for all but the last two segments, is also ignored...
Entertainment included performances by Gordon Michaels of House of Blues, Patric LaCroix and Ensemble, the Anointed Choir and Donnell Patterson of GNE Productions, accompanying the Maynard School Children and St. Paul's AME Choir vocalists...
...coach Edward McCarthy, of the Southeast New Bedford Hot Wheels, shared Maynard's opinion of the heat. Nevertheless, citing the numerous athletes he coaches who brought home medals, he said he was enjoying the competition...
...athletes--they do all the work," said Maynard, who was attending his third Special Olympics. "I'll keep doing this until...