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Gary Franks: “More blacks were able, just looking at the black population alone, more blacks were able to move into the middle class…”

On the recordMay 4, 1994
More blacks were able, just looking at the black population alone, more blacks were able to move into the middle class during the 1980's than any other time in our history. More blacks were able to buy a home during the 1980's than at any other time in our history, and more blacks were able to purchase a car during that time than any other time in our history. We had the greatest expansion of jobs during the 1980's than any other time in our history during peacetime, so you are wrong.
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Gary Franks
Republican · Connecticut
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Editor's note · Context

Defending the economic progress of the black community during the 1980s.

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