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Black families push for city services in small North Carolina town
In Claremont, two black property owners, Russell and Joe Louis Shuford, lack city water sewer garbage pickup and paved streets despite living in the town of about 900 since 1939. Officials cite cost and dispute that racial bias may be involved amid a federal investigation of revenue sharing.
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Claremont
N.C
Russell Shuford
Catawba County
Shuford
Joe Louis Shuford
Federal Office of Revenue Sharing
Shufords
Larry W. Pitts
Newton