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Keith Andrew Perry

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A native Washingtonian, Keith spent over 20 years in D.C. politics as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, Democratic Committeeman, Mayoral appointee, political strategist and candidate. He is the former Chief of Staff to Councilmember and former four term D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and served as Treasurer for former Mayor Sharon Pratt's victorious campaign. He is an alumnus of Morehouse College and Howard University School of Law and was selected as a winter 2009 fellow of the Center For Black Literature at Medgar Evers College. His non-fiction has appeared in the National Minority Business magazine. ...more

Losing Ground : American Social Policy, 1950-1980 (9780465065882)



This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform. Losing Ground argues that the ambitious social programs of the1960s and 1970s actually made matters worse for its supposed beneficiaries, the poor and minorities. Charles Murray startled readers by recommending that we abolish welfare reform, but his position launched a debate culminating in President Clinto Read more of this blog post »
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Published on December 11, 2019 18:59
Average rating: 4.86 · 7 ratings · 2 reviews · 1 distinct work
War Anthem

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Omar Khayyám
“Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
Omar Khayyam, رباعيات خيام

Toni Morrison
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
Toni Morrison

Paulo Freire
“Leaders who do not act dialogically, but insist on imposing their decisions, do not organize the people--they manipulate them. They do not liberate, nor are they liberated: they oppress.”
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Albert Camus
“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
Albert Camus

Albert Camus
“Idleness is fatal only to the mediocre.”
Albert Camus

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Pamela Hi Keith...Thanks for accepting my friendship.


Jaymee B. Thanks for the friendship request :)


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