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Francis A. Kornegay

Francis Kornegay is a senior analyst for international affairs at the Centre for Policy Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and served on the staffs of Rep. Charles C. Diggs (D-MI) and Washington, DC Delegate Walter Fauntroy (D).

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Commentary

Post-Katrina New Orleans

By Francis A. Kornegay

The New Orleans hurricane disaster’s impact on, among other things, refocusing attention on America’s racial-class divide could well prove the tipping point that determines the political and economic future of Black and Urban America. At about the time Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on New Orleans from the Mexican Gulf, I became aware of the…

The New Orleans hurricane disaster’s impact on, among other things, refocusing attention on America’s racial-class divide could well prove the tipping point that determines the political…

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