Housing And Urban Development Officials Take Another Stab At Integrating Cities

With communities still reeling from home foreclosures, racial integration appears as distant as ever.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In 1964, Malcolm X sat down for an interview with U.S. News & World Report and shared his views on integration. “[It] has failed. Schools are becoming more segregated. Housing...all phases. Job segregation is one of the worst situations. Washington D.C., is one of the best examples of how integration has failed. I know about the desegregation

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Soweto Grapples With Apartheid Memories As It Prepares For A Presidential Visit

As Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition, Soweto resigns itself to its hometown hero’s fate.

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

As the world waits and prays for the recovery of Nelson Mandela, the first post-apartheid president of South Africa and revered freedom fighter, the nation is coming to terms with the realities of its past. Thirty-seven years after the June 16 protests in the South Western Townships -- Soweto -- the scars of more violent times are still felt as the

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