Today there is a moral crisis in our urban centers equal to slavery and segregation as debates continue in Washington and around the country on the effectiveness of the welfare system, affirmative action and federal vs. local government responsibility. Is there not an urgent need to do everything possible to turn such deliberations and the economic and social health of our cities in a new direction?

Presentation by Rob Corcoran at national forum on Building Constructive Frameworks for Improving Ethnic Relations: Best Practices Here and Abroad 50 Years After Brown, hosted by the University of Denver, August 19-21, 2004

Representative Anitra K. Rasmussen shares the story of racial relations in her state at Metropolitan Richmond Day on November 18th 1999