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Isolation barrier blocks racial harmony in U S cities
Washington Column notes President Johnson’s Howard University speech highlighting the growing isolation and alienation of African Americans as the chief obstacle to racial harmony. It cites riots in Philadelphia and Atlanta and credits Rochester as a rare success in building bridges between communities.
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