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...that era, public schooling was routinely denied to the Catholic children living in urban America. But as Protestant families began to flock out of the city, leaving the neighborhoods to the Catholic immigrants, so too they left the political establishment to aspirant Catholics. New anti-immigrant political parties like the Know Nothings, spouting about “the Yellow Peril” and the incline of “papism,” blocked appropriations in state legislatures for new public schools in the Catholic-dominated areas. The few public schools still operating often refused to allow Catholics through...
...tired of playing their hits, Keys continues to look forward to the moment in every show when she gets to dust off Fallin'. "I drag it around like a damn badge of honor. So many people told me that that song in particular would never work. 'It's too urban, it's too black, it'll never cross over.' The fact that it was successful told me one thing: Nobody knows anything," she says. "A lot of those people who doubted are out of jobs now," she adds. Keys will be keeping hers...
Diversification is part of a hip-hop mogul's DNA. Russell Simmons, the godfather of urban marketing, and Sean (P. Diddy) Combs have set the standard. To really make it in the $5 billion rap business, you have to mix more than beats. You have to be into fashion, movies and maybe even a Broadway play. Simmons founded Def Jam records and runs Phat Fashions, a $263 million clothing line, and produced Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. P. Diddy, a star recording artist, also runs Bad Boy Records, a $325 million clothing line and two restaurants...
Dash started Rocawear apparel in 1999. Sales of its jackets, sweatbands and tank tops now total about $300 million a year, making the company one of the major urban-gear brands, alongside Phat Fashions and Sean John. "I like the nylon windbreakers, the logo--Rocawear's stuff is just rugged," says Simmons. "People shouldn't be asking me about what I've taught Damon Dash. They should be asking me about what I've learned from...
Harvard provided 20 percent of the project’s funding, which was developed by the Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation (ABCDC), an urban development organization dedicated to improving the quality of neighborhoods...