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	6/18/2003

Southern Michigan

From Yahoo News:

Michigan Troopers Sent to Riot-Hit City

By JAMES PRICHARD, Associated Press Writer

... Benton Harbor, a city of 12,000 people situated on Lake Michigan about 100 miles east of Chicago, is 92 percent black, according to the 2000 census. Boarded-up buildings dot the community, and the average unemployment rate last year was 25 percent. Appliance maker Whirlpool is headquartered in Benton Harbor, but on the outskirts of town.

It is separated by a river bridge from St. Joseph, which offers a stark contrast: The city of 8,800 is 90 percent white, bustles with trendy restaurants, boutiques, offices and a picturesque waterfront, and had an average unemployment rate last year of 2 percent.

(And these were the people that shed their blood to free the Southern slaves?)

10:33:51 PM

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