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Surviving the Storm

Toward the end of 2007, Jacqueline Jackson, a realtor in Orland Park, Illinois, was struck by how much her business had taken a tumble. She had sold more than $3 million in property the year before, but she says, “One day I woke up and I realized I hadn’t had a closing in a year.” Grim projections for the ailing real estate industry only added to the uncertainty Jackson felt about her ability to maintain her business and standard of living.

Black America’s Education Crisis

In January, Kelley Williams-Bolar served nine days in jail and was sentenced to two years of probation after being convicted of grand theft and two felony counts of falsifying records. Her crime? Sending her children to a school four miles outside her district of residence in Akron, Ohio.

Giving Back Against All Odds

The experience and memories of being left home overnight at the age of 5 to care for her infant brother made Christine Carter commit to caring for at-risk youth, which she identifies as those with drug-addicted parents or who have been growing up in poverty without basic resources.

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