He grew up in the predominantly black housing projects of Danville, Illinois, and had been a force of mayhem from the time he was a child.

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As mayor of Atlanta from 1974 to 1981, a determined Maynard Jackson invested the city's money in black-controlled banks and opened construction projects to black contractors.

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It projects black ink for the fiscal year ending March 2006.

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The public reefs in nearby Black Bay, one of the post-spill reconstruction projects, had been closed after spat turned up to protect the larvae.

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But director Brian Helgeland will possibly see his name attached to more projects as a result, although probably not the theoretical Black Panther that Marvel keeps finding reasons not to make.

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Between 15% and 16% of the prison population is black but only half that figure find their way on to community probation projects.

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The report calls on a specific budgetary allocation for the Black Sea strategy, with a priority on funding small-scale development projects and cross-border co-operation.

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Mr Erdogan presented some ambitious development projects during his campaign, including a plan to build a canal from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, and an entirely new city outside Istanbul.

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