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[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/racial-wealth-gap.html by The New York Times Magazine] | [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/racial-wealth-gap.html by The New York Times Magazine] | ||
Elmore Bolling, whose brothers called him Buddy, was a kind of one-man economy in Lowndesboro, Ala. He leased a plantation, where he had a general store with a gas station out front and a catering business; he grew cotton, corn and sugar cane. He also owned a small fleet of trucks that ran livestock and made deliveries between Lowndesboro and Montgomery. At his peak, Bolling employed as many as 40 people, all of them black like him. | Elmore Bolling, whose brothers called him Buddy, was a kind of one-man economy in Lowndesboro, Ala. He leased a plantation, where he had a general store with a gas station out front and a catering business; he grew cotton, corn and sugar cane. He also owned a small fleet of trucks that ran livestock and made deliveries between Lowndesboro and Montgomery. At his peak, Bolling employed as many as 40 people, all of them black like him. | ||
=====The black immigrant who challenged US segregation - nearly 190 years ago===== | |||
[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57946802 by Mariana Schreiber 21/7/21 BBC] | |||
During the crossing, Harriett, who wasn't feeling well, tried to seek shelter with her daughter in an area of the ship exclusively for women, but their path was blocked. The reason? They were black, and only white women were allowed in the ladies' cabin, comfortable accommodation with private berths. | |||
