On his next trip, he toured a shelter near Baton Rouge with a prominent black televangelist.

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Among black evacuees we spoke with in Baton Rouge, feelings were mixed.

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But this is a wakeup call for us to realize that the old idea of the black father who works for the River Rouge Ford plant in Detroit - that was a good thing.

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That murder in Baton Rouge is almost entirely about young black men from the poor part of town killing other young black men from the poor part of town.

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This time, too, the trial will be in Baton Rouge, farther from Mr Edwards' traditional black base.

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They've been in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where the National Conference of Black Mayors is holding its annual conference.

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In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, one gated community seems to have been taken over by black rap stars.

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They had it moved from downtown Baton Rouge where the conferences are actually being held to Southern University, a historically black college to allow some students to come.

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