Life before the 70's are drastically different from life in 2005 for the black community in terms of family, religion, sex and alcoholism, music and other social institutions that are supposed to be the glue, the eternal bond in the black neighborhoods. Talking to Kenneth Saunders and older gentlemen I found on Cornwallis right outside the quick stop gas station can attest to that.
We talked for awhile about being a young black man in the 70's and how things aren't like they used to be. We touched everything from racism in the service to life overseas.
When I began my interview he briefly discussed the history of Haiti now known as Durham. Kenneth explained that back in the day there was a lot of urban gentrification in Haiti forcing all the blacks in the area to move to further in the country and basically start from scratch with no support from anybody. He recalls one incident when the burned a mans house and his business because he refused to be bought out, and that's......
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