They are earnest, passionate tutorials aimed at coaxing and harrying him to take the lead in renewing, and recasting, the assault on poverty, especially black poverty, which had started and sputtered under the previous Administration.

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Fifty-four years later, though, "Raisin" seems not so much a here-and-now assault on racism as a history play about black culture in the Eisenhower era, and what hits you hardest is the unflinching truthfulness with which Ms. Hansberry has enacted the hurtful and universal complexities of family life.

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The National Black Police Association said last week that the decision by prosecutors not to act on the claims of assault and racist remarks against three officers highlighted the issue of racism and the criminal justice system.

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