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Writer Eugene Robinson grew up in a segregated world, and as a writer for the Washington Post he has witnessed  the evolution of the black community in the years since the Civil Rights movement. But he argues that despite integration, the progress made by many black Americans has not been shared by all, and that the problems of poor blacks are more intractable than ever.

From segregation to disintegration

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